As Xitter’s Lawyer Stalled DOJ, Elon Musk Met with Jim Jordan (Twice!) and Kevin McCarthy
As Xitter’s lawyer was stonewalling DOJ over complying with a warrant for Trump’s account, Elon Musk was in DC, meeting with Jim Jordan and Kevin McCarthy.
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About emptywheel
Marcy Wheeler is an independent journalist writing about national security and civil liberties. She writes as emptywheel at her eponymous blog, publishes at outlets including Vice, Motherboard, the Nation, the Atlantic, Al Jazeera, and appears frequently on television and radio. She is the author of Anatomy of Deceit, a primer on the CIA leak investigation, and liveblogged the Scooter Libby trial.
Marcy has a PhD from the University of Michigan, where she researched the “feuilleton,” a short conversational newspaper form that has proven important in times of heightened censorship. Before and after her time in academics, Marcy provided documentation consulting for corporations in the auto, tech, and energy industries. She lives with her spouse in Grand Rapids, MI.
Entries by emptywheel
Trump Changed the Lock in His Residence before Changing the Lock on the Storage Room
/32 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, Leak Investigations/by emptywheelBefore he changed the lock on the storage room door, Carlos De Oliveira replaced the lock on a closet within Trump’s residence on June 2, 2022.
Death by Tweet: “User Attribution Is Important”
/102 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, emptywheel, January 6 Insurrection/by emptywheelUser attribution is important. Especially with a guy who has the ability to murder by tweet. And that’s why DOJ would need to know every account or person or device that had an association with Donald Trump’s Twitter account.
“Poor Mr. Zebley:” Both Xitter’s Lawyers and Journalists Responding to Boilerplate Need to re-Read Mueller
/53 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection/by emptywheelWhile the presence of DMs in Trump’s historical Twitter account were the basis for Twitter’s frivolous Executive Privilege claim used to stall complying with a warrant in January and February, that may not be the most important data DOJ ultimately received.
Charles McGonigal’s Lonely Plea Deal
/8 Comments/in Foreign Influence/by emptywheelCharles McGonigal’s plea made almost no mention of the guy he was charged with Sergey Shestakov.
Trump’s Federated Conspiracies and Racketeering: How Georgia and the Federal Charges May Interact
/203 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, emptywheel, January 6 Insurrection/by emptywheelThe way in which Trump’s two election theft indictments interact will pose a real prisoner’s dilemma, especially for people like Sidney Powell and Mark Meadows.
The Various Kinds of Georgia Crimes in the RICO Indictment
/161 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, emptywheel/by emptywheelThe Georgia RICO charge is built of national overt acts. But it is built on 40 charges designed to protect the integrity of government and elections in Georgia.
How James Comer’s Counsel, James Mandolfo, Conducts an Investigation
/10 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, Hunter Biden/by emptywheelThe FBI Agent who would have interviewed Hunter Biden says that he doesn’t recall being on an investigation that, like the Hunter Biden one, was riddled by leaks.
In Hunter Biden Case, Abbe Lowell Enters His Appearance
/128 Comments/in 2024 Presidential Election, Hunter Biden/by emptywheelEven before David Weiss “reneged” on the plea deal he had crafted with Hunter Biden, Joseph Ziegler had already revealed there was documentation of undue political influence on this case in the case file. Abbe Lowell suggests that the only explanation why Weiss reneged is more of the same.
Alberto Gonzales Lectures Jack Goldsmith about Perception versus Reality in a Democracy
/120 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, emptywheel, Hunter Biden, January 6 Insurrection, Leak Investigations/by emptywheelLast week, it fell to Alberto Gonzales to school Jack Goldsmith that you don’t defend democracy and rule of law by parroting the false claims Donald Trump makes in an effort to end both.