He explained to me that the military has no authority to make arrests on US soil outside of a military base. The only people who can arrest elected officials are the US Marshals. And they can even arrest the president...
That’s why they are swearing in 4000 us marshals from National Guard as we speak.
Checkmate.
Not fully true. During times of Martial Law members of the Armed Services can arrest. The only location that does not apply is DC since the District of Columbia has a different constitution. Thus the swearing-in of 5000 NG troops this morning to be temporary US Marshall’s