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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’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.
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.
Trump Lied and Mike Pence Almost Died
/77 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection/by emptywheelLots of Trump apologists are claiming that if he can prove he really believed he won the election, he will be acquitted. Except that was not his only, or even his most important lie. He also falsely claimed that Mike Pence agreed with the scheme to reject the lawful vote … and it almost got Pence killed.