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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
Ratifying Sedition: The Proud Boys 404(b) Evidence
/45 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection/by emptywheelAt the Proud Boys trial, prosecutors made Trump’s role in their conspiracy clear. Now, leading up to the former President’s own trial, DOJ has said they will present communications that amount to an agreement in September 2020 and ratification of the Proud Boy attack on the country in September 2023.
When John Eastman Acknowledged that Candidate Trump Spoke in His Personal Capacity
/20 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection/by emptywheelWhen John Eastman moved, on Trump’s behalf, to intervene in Texas v. Pennsylvania, Eastman described that Trump spoke “as a candidate for re-election,” he spoke in “his personal capacity.” That motion plays a key role in the Blassingame decision, and may have important implications as Trump appeals Judge Tanya Chutkan’s ruling on absolute immunity.