Trump’s Means of Bullying and His Co-Conspirator Volunteer Lawyers
Imagine the challenge of writing a protective order that would prevent Boris Epshteyn from getting access to Trump’s discovery.
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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.
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Judge Cannon Blows Off Concerns about Walt Nauta’s Conflicted Representation
/253 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, Leak Investigations/by emptywheelAileen Cannon is delaying any review of whether Stan Woodward’s representation of Walt Nauta poses a conflict.
On January 19, 2022, SCOTUS Upheld Judge Tanya Chutkan’s Decision Rejecting Trump’s Executive Privilege Claims
/116 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection/by emptywheelFor 463 days after the Supreme Court upheld Judge Tanya Chutkan’s opinion on Executive Privilege, Donald Trump kept making such claims to stall the DOJ investigation. Trump caused at least nine months of delay in witness testimony with such frivolous Executive Privilege invocations.
Protection Racket: Donald Trump Thinks He’s More Special Than Steve Bannon
/51 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection/by emptywheelDonald Trump thinks he is so much more special than Steve Bannon, he needs a more special protective order than his former aide.
Protective Order: Who Is the Victim of Trump’s 18 USC 241 Charge?
/108 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection/by emptywheelOne interesting question raised by Trump’s threats against those prosecuting him is whether Joe Biden is included among the victims of the 18 USC 241 count charged against Trump.
Trump’s Family Is Not in His Prosecution
/208 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection, Leak Investigations/by emptywheelYesterday, three arraignments in, Trump remains unattended by any family members in his criminal prosecutions. But even more striking, Trump is alone in his indictments, without any of the key roles played, including by his daughter and most trusted advisor, laid out in the overt acts.
Trump’s People: The Prettyman Pardons
/102 Comments/in 2016 Presidential Election, 2020 Presidential Election, Mueller Probe/by emptywheelA review of the 16 men who were prosecuted in Prettyman Courthouse shows that Trump is precisely where he belongs today, being prosecuted in DC District’s courthouse.
The Elements of Offense in the Trump January 6 Indictment
/163 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection/by emptywheelThere’s a lot of nonsense apology for Trump masquerading as journalism claiming that if he can show he believed his own lies he’ll be acquitted. Those reports misunderstand the crimes with which Trump has been charged and what the government needs to prove for a jury to find Trump guilty.
The “Crazy” Kraken Conspirator
/129 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, emptywheel, January 6 Insurrection/by emptywheelThere’s just one paragraph devoted to Sidney Powell’s actions in the Trump indictment. But the implications of the paragraph are fairly remarkable.
Three of Stan Woodward’s Eight Current and Former Clients Prepare to Testify against Each Other
/43 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, emptywheel, Leak Investigations/by emptywheelIn addition to his former representation of Yuscil Taveras — the IT guy whose testimony played a key role in the superseding indictment against Trump and Walt Nauta — Stan Woodward represents two other witnesses who may testify against his client Nauta.