The Justice Department is requiring all US attorneys to rapidly assign prosecutors for “emergency jump teams” supporting districts handling alleged assaults or obstruction of law enforcement, according to an internal memo obtained by Bloomberg Law.
A senior
official instructed leaders of the nation’s 93 US attorney’s offices Feb. 2
that they have until Feb. 6 to designate one or two assistant US attorneys
who’d be available for short-term surges in unspecified areas needing “urgent
assistance due to emergent or critical situations.” The memo coincides with
media reports this week of a new round of mass resignations of federal
prosecutors in Minneapolis.
Rather
than deploying volunteers to meet the needs of Minnesota or other districts
experiencing protests from White House-directed boosts in law enforcement, the
“jump teams” are designed to establish a standing list of prosecutors available
on a rotating basis, said Francey Hakes, the director of DOJ’s Executive Office
for US Attorneys, in her emailed memo.
Hakes’
message signals the Trump administration’s attempt to offset career prosecutor
attrition—a recurring pattern in liberal-leaning districts the White House has
singled out with military and law enforcement deployments—with a nationwide
pool of reinforcements on standby.
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