I'd separate giving bail from charging as conspirators et al.
There are good reasons to assume many of the rioters are *not* a danger under normal conditions,
some even as argued with weapons charges, but who would be unlikely to attack someone on a normal day.
This is actually *good justice* - bail is not supposed to be pre-trial punishment.
Granted there may be some dispute whether certain suspects still warrant detainment before trial,
but in general it shouldn't be treated as excusing their indicted behavior, but *does* fit with
"innocent before proven guilty".
And as EmptyWheel et al have pointed out, the early cases (15-20%?), especially those under Trump,
were mostly low-hanging fruit, and as such probably easier to charge & less serious individuals.
Since end of January, DoJ is taking a slower approach, which probably includes more effort to get
those low-hanging fruits to flip on higher-ups, and not announce to the world what they're doing
(the 1 DoJ guy who went on a talk show got the boot but quick).
And in general, plea bargaining out the less serious cases will keep the courts free for serious stuff.