Members of the Judge Advocate General Corps are set to join the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia.

As members of the National Guard deploy to the nation’s capital as part of the Trump administration’s takeover of policing in Washington, members of the military are also set to take on prosecutorial roles handling civilian crimes.

Twenty members of the Defense Department are set to begin working as special assistant U.S. attorneys — federal prosecutors — in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia next week, two people familiar with the matter told NBC News.

Tim Lauer, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, confirmed the move, saying members of the Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps would be joining the office, though he did not know how long the detail would last.

    • argueswithidiots@lemmy.world
      253·
      3 months ago

      They sure do, which is why the military prosecutors are being appointed as Special Assistants to the US Attorney. What do you think happens when civilians commit crimes on federal military installations? They can’t be charged due to this loophole? No civilian US Attorney is going to waste their time, and locals have no jurisdiction. SAUSAs have long been the DoDs answer to this problem.

      Also, just to be clear, I’m not defending this move whatsoever, but claiming they can’t doesn’t make it so.

        • argueswithidiots@lemmy.world
          9·
          3 months ago

          It sure isn’t. Instead, it’s the nation’s federal district.

          Look, all of this is well beyond the pale of insanity. This is just one more step down the path to the country as we knew it never being able to recover.

  • azimir@lemmy.ml
    20·
    3 months ago

    This is all because DC isn’t a state. They have no rights not granted by the feds. Now that we have a monarchist style leadership with control over all three branches, DC is a playground for abuse by the authorities.

    • Frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      Each push is a test of how far they can go. If they tried this in New York, it’d quickly receive backlash. If they try it in DC and it goes through, then maybe they try it in New York next.