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senior justice reporter covering DOJ et al. DMs open. Signal/WhatsApp: 202.527.9261 ryan.reilly@huffpost.com 🚲

Adams Morgan, Washington
Joined July 2007

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Jan 27

    Some Americans are making really tough decisions about turning in someone they love after they participated in the U.S. Capitol attack. Many other Americans, however, seem to be relishing their chance to narc on their Facebook frenemies.

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    This means that even if you didn’t do it and you egged someone on to do it, you might as well have done it. This is not easy to defend against.

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    Getting charged with aiding and abetting is really harsh because the statute says: Whoever commits an offense against the United States or aids, abets, counsels, commands, induces or procures its commission, is punishable as a principal.

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  4. Patrick McCaughey III, also previously charged, has now been indicted on nine counts.

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  5. Gina Bisignano, the California business owner previously charged in connection with the Capitol insurrection, has now been indicted on seven counts (Indictment was returned Friday but posted today.)

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  6. “This is an offense that, at bottom, was an attempt to stop democracy from moving forward because people were unhappy about the results of the election,” says Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui.

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  7. NEW: Judge orders Couy Griffin of Cowboys for Trump held in Capitol insurrection case. Finds pretrial release would be not be appropriate.

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  10. "I was on ABC and Reuters and shit. I was inside for like an hour, dude. I was one of like the last 10 people in there... I'm on Instagram and YouTube. I'm Stephen Ignoramus. I don't matter though, this shit is history.”

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  11. Feds charge North Carolina’s Stephen Baker (aka "Stephen Ignoramus”) in connection with the Capitol insurrection. A witness said they were "alarmed" over his previous videos, which they "described as including advancement of conspiracy theories and mockery of minority groups."

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    (AP) - ACLU elects NYU law professor Deborah Archer as the organization's first Black president in its 101-year history.

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    5 hours ago

    New: archived Parler posts show that Congressman Matt Gaetz's press assistant was cheering on Capitol rioters from across the street, even after they broke through multiple police barricades.

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    Trump may be gone, but Trumpism is alive and well in the states. The same state legislatures that gave birth to his movement are ready to push it forward now, and continue his assault on voting rights, elections and other pillars of democracy.

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    If you’re a North Carolina reporter, they picked up a resident there this morning for Jan 6. No other docs besides this.

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  16. “...at least eight of the people who are now facing criminal charges for their involvement in the events at the Capitol did not vote in the November 2020 presidential election…”

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  17. "After learning of the arrest, CrossFit LLC reached out to Bancroft who didn’t deny the allegations. As a result, CrossFit terminated her affiliation.”

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  18. Retweeted
    Jan 30

    Always read , North Philly’s eternal, loyal son, who wrote the goddamn hell out of John Chaney. Wow.

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    Jan 29

    JOHN CHANEY embodied North Philly, writes in the . "He made the entire country believe in the excellence of Black boys forgotten by major universities, industries, cities, & the rest of the world."

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  20. “When America speaks and acts, the world watches, and when our leaders propagate conspiracy theories and subvert democracy here at home, it sets a dangerous example for the rest of the world.” — on the Myanmar military coup

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