Hegseth orders the military to detail dozens of attorneys to the Justice Department, AP learns
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the military to provide dozens of lawyers to the Justice Department for temporary assignments in Memphis and near the U.S.
u/#durham
I used to think Durham was a total badass- mainly because of this meme! Then I heard him talk. I would’ve gotten over his voice had he dropped some damning evidence. His testimony was disappointing. I just hope he and his team have been busy since.
He got a lot of "facts" in evidence that now can go to any court and is not challengeable. It is now a fact of the court. He had Mark Sussman dead to rights. It was in writing. DC jury will not be used. Proven to be useless. (biased)
Durham did his roll. I'm not sure if he wanted a weak jury or not. His loyalty is irrelevant, what he ended up doing will help in the long run.
5D chess. Think the long game.
Maybe it's part of the strategy: "Appear weak when you are strong". The timing of what he may have admitted into evidence might have been just enough to get the seal indictments started to which evidence can be added to down the road.
The bad guys would never assume that they would still be at risk 10 years later. They wanted to simply "Wait out" the first Trump term.
I'm guessing....
ONLY THE MILITARY has the manpower and resources to PROPERLY handle a STAGGERING number of criminals in probably the LARGEST RICO case ever to be done in WORLD HISTORY!!!
u/#TheStorm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the military to provide dozens of lawyers to the Justice Department for temporary assignments in Memphis and near the U.S.-Mexico border that could run through next fall, according to a memo released this week and reviewed by The Associated Press.
“I am directing you to collectively identify 48 attorneys and 4 paralegals from within your Military Department who may be suitable for detail” to the Justice Department to act as special assistant U.S. attorneys, Hegseth wrote in a memo dated Monday that was sent to all four services and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The memo appears to be the latest effort to send military and civilian attorneys working for the Pentagon to the Justice Department, this time to staff offices based along the U.S. southern border or where federal immigration enforcement operations are taking place.
Last month, the Pentagon also approved sending up to 600 military lawyers to the Justice Department to serve as temporary immigration judges in a separate effort. The Trump administration increasingly has tapped the military to bolster its immigration crackdown, from deploying to the southern border and a series of American cities. This week’s memo says the Justice Department asked for 20 lawyers to help support its offices in Memphis, where the National Guard has been deployed by President Donald Trump; 12 for West Texas — specifically for the cities of El Paso, Del Rio, and Midland — and three lawyers and two paralegals for Las Cruces, New Mexico.
The memo does not specify what kind of litigation the volunteers would be asked to do, but it says that, ideally, attorneys would have “significant experience” in immigration and administrative law in addition to general prosecution and litigation experience.
The Pentagon said in a statement that it was “proud to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with our law enforcement partners, bringing the skill and dedication of America’s service members to deliver justice, restore order, and protect the American people.”
The Justice Department also confirmed the memo’s authenticity but did not provide additional details on the reason for its request or what the attorneys would be doing.
As with the prior request for hundreds of military attorneys to work as immigration judges, it is not immediately clear what impact removing a growing number of lawyers would have on the armed forces’ justice system. The attorneys, called judge advocates, have a range of duties much like civilian lawyers, from carrying out prosecutions, acting as defense attorneys or offering legal advice to service members.
The new request follows a Sept. 26 ask from the Justice Department for 35 attorneys and two paralegals from the military, according to the memo. It wasn’t immediately clear if that number was in addition to the 48 attorneys requested this week.
The AP also reviewed an email that was sent to military attorneys on Sept. 12 that said the Pentagon was looking for volunteers to become special assistant U.S. attorneys in West Texas and New Mexico without mentioning a total figure.
It is not clear how successful the Pentagon has been at getting lawyers to volunteer, but at least some of the services have been making the case to their attorneys through messages like the one sent by the Army’s top lawyer.
“These roles offer unparalleled opportunity to refine your advocacy, courtroom procedure, and functional knowledge of the federal legal system for future use in our military justice system or civil litigation,” Major Gen. Bobby Christine said in an email reviewed by the AP.
Christine said the work would be “in support of national priorities.”
However, Hegseth’s memo says that services only had until Thursday to identify the attorneys and alluded to troops being subject to involuntary mobilization orders.
The Army and Navy did not respond to questions about how many attorneys from their respective services are being sent to the Justice Department. The Air Force directed questions to the Pentagon.
Oh yeah baby! Let's GO!! 🔥💥⚖️
This is because the DOJ doesn't have enough US attorneys to handle the case loads - both in DC and the rest of the Federal districts, especially on the border. I was wondering what they were going to do given the numbers of recent DOJ criminal referrals and the BS cases that have been filed by the left lunatics. The left's tactics involve simply overwhelming the system. The DOJ cannot afford to pull US attorneys from other more local jurisdictions thereby creating a void in those areas. These other field offices have also seen a dramatic increase in cases and cannot spare the manpower. So, a very smart move by the administration to address the gap instead of expanding the DOJ through an uphill legislative approval process.
If Antifa is ultimately classified as an enemy combatant force, it would fall under the USMJ. I pray this is what the angle is here.
Something tells me hegseth was deep cover inside the MSM.
Executions NOW.