Who Won the Week — 01/16/2022

Fandango

The idea behind Who Won the Week is to give you the opportunity to select who (or what) you think “won” this past week. Your selection can be anyone or anything — politicians, celebrities, athletes, authors, bloggers, your friends or family members, books, movies, TV shows, businesses, organizations, whatever.

I will be posting this prompt on Sunday mornings (my time). If you want to participate, write your own post designating who you think won the week and why you think they deserve your nod. Then link back to this post and tag you post with FWWTW.

This week, the Who (or What) Won the Week winner this week is justice, maybe.

Stewart Rhodes, the founder and leader of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group, has been arrested and charged with seditious conspiracy in the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

The federal seditious conspiracy statute can be used to charge two or more people who conspire to “overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States” or “by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States.” A conviction can carry a 20-year prison sentence.

Rhodes is charged, along with more than a dozen other members and associates of the Oath Keepers, who authorities say came to Washington intent on stopping the certification of President Joe Biden’s victory.

Rhodes is the highest-ranking member of the extremist group to be arrested in the deadly siege and it is the first time the Justice Department has brought a seditious conspiracy charge in connection with the attack on the Capitol.

The Oath Keepers case is the largest conspiracy case federal authorities have brought so far over January 6th, when thousands of pro-Trump rioters stormed past police barriers and smashed windows, injuring dozens of officers and sending lawmakers running.

Rhodes, himself, did not enter the Capitol that day, but is accused of helping put into motion the violence that disrupted for hours the congressional certification Joe Biden’s election.

Now that Rhodes and the other members of the Oath Keepers have been arrested, the next step is for them to actually be convicted. Maybe justice will be served if they actually are convicted.

What about you? Who (or what) do you think won the week?

Photo credit: REUTERS/Jim Urquhart.

17 thoughts on “Who Won the Week — 01/16/2022”

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  3. Marilyn Armstrong January 16, 2022 / 12:12 pm

    I hope we get some real justice one of these days. It’s more than a year since The Coup Attempt and I’m finding it exhausting. Need some (to quote the Stones) SATISFACTION!

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    • Fandango January 16, 2022 / 2:56 pm

      It’s definitely overdue!

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    • Fandango January 16, 2022 / 2:55 pm

      Let’s hope so!

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  9. Marleen January 17, 2022 / 2:00 pm

    https://www.msnbc.com/ayman-mohyeldin/watch/doj-unveils-new-domestic-terrorism-unit-130968645596

    DOJ unveils new domestic terrorism unit SHARE THIS – This week, the Department of Justice unveiled a new domestic terrorism unit to combat the rise in homegrown terror. Matt Miller, former Director of the Office of Public Affairs for the DOJ, joined MSNBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin to discuss how the new unit could function and what hurdles it could face. Jan. 15, 2022

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  10. leigha66 January 17, 2022 / 4:55 pm

    It sounds like they are getting closer to the ring leader. I wish they would prosecute each and everyone involved.

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