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At least 7 people who attended ACB's nomination ceremony in the Rose Garden on Sep. 26 have since tested positive for coronavirus. But experts say the more risky time spent that day was at a reception inside the White House. Here are some scenes. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

The Trump administration doesn't voluntarily disclose White House visitor logs, so —for what it's worth— we used geotagged selfies and observations of Mark Walsh, @crousselle and @JenniferJJacobs to identify at least 70 guests in the Rose Garden during ACB's nomination ceremony.

For those interested in the methodology of identifying guests at ACB's nomination ceremony, here are some ways 👇

One way is to find photos of people at the event through geotagged or hashtagged (#ConfirmAmy) posts on Twitter and Instagram, and then use visual clues in their immediate surrounding to geolocate their exact seat.

Another option to identify guests could be called the “Where's Waldo” way: find a guest's appearance and attire from a social media photo that day, and try to spot them in reference photos from the event, via e.g. AP or Getty Images.

Perhaps the easiest way is using the observations of reporters on the scene, like @SCOTUSblog's Mark Walsh (scotusblog.com/2020/09/a-view…), @crousselle and @JenniferJJacobs (

https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/1309960420648681478

) — and then trying to find them in the audience.

Livestreams are another good source to go through, perhaps you'll see someone familiar. Dr. Scott Atlas, for example, the radiologist and Fox News commentator that was added to Trump's coronavirus taskforce last month.

Updated overview photo with 78 identified guests, including John Malcolm (@Heritage), Jentezen Franklin (@freechapel), Jeffrey Rosen (Deputy Attorney General), Mike Johnson (Louisiana Rep.), Gary Bauer (@USCIRF) and some White House staffers. Thanks for the tips through DMs!

Two more members of the White House press team, Karoline Leavitt and Chad Gilmartin, tested positive for coronavirus. They were seated on the 11th row during Judge Barrett's nomination in the Rose Garden.

Article has been updated now that at least 11 guests at the Rose Garden event on Sept. 26 have since tested positive for the coronavirus. Few people wore masks or kept social distance, but experts say the indoor event that day was more risky. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Despite almost daily disclosures of new coronavirus infections, the White House didn't trace the contacts of guests at Barrett's nomination — they only notified some close contacts and cut the CDC out of the process, @apoorva_nyc and @traceytully report. nytimes.com/2020/10/05/hea…