Thread by @ZoeTillman

I've got the same count as @SeamusHughes — this week we passed the 700 mark for people charged in connection with Jan. 6. Still undecided about whether to count this guy (buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…) in that tally, but that's the difference between 702 or 703

https://twitter.com/SeamusHughes/status/1471134558376628236

@SeamusHughes My first reaction was to not count Riley, but now leaning towards yes. We're already counting a few people who weren't charged with joining the mob, a la Cleveland Meredith, who arrived late on Jan. 6 and was charged with making threats: buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…

Riley could reasonably fall into the category of people charged "in connection with" the insurrection. A counter argument is the line should be people who came to DC for Jan. 6 and were charged with a crime with some direct connection to the events that day, like Meredith

Right, I don't include Bannon — the crime charged in that case feels too disconnected from the insurrection itself. Riley feels like a harder call because there is an alleged connection to a participant and that criminal investigation

https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1471183213687099399

This is very in the weeds, but just an example of one of the many things those of us tracking Jan. 6 fallout are thinking about and debating as time goes on and the landscape of legal action related to the insurrection only grows more complicated