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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MJ isn't exactly a neutral publication.

Deputizing private security is not uncommon. As for checking on status, was that within the USMS authority?  If so, what's the issue?[/quote]

1. [b]MJ isn't exactly a neutral publication[/b]. I knew it would take only a few minutes for a Trumpkin to say that. The piece is well-researched and well-sourced and contains the names of people it quotes. It is not an opinion piece. If you would take a moment to read it, you would see that. I lean left but I read articles in right-leaning publications. If they are well-sourced and well-researched, I do not immediately discount them, especially if they deal with demonstrable facts.

2. [b]Deputizing private security is not uncommon[/b]. Correct. However, what is uncommon is to deputize people who do not serve in an LEO role, like local police officers, for example. "Even though federal policy allows the Marshals Service to deputize private actors, it’s rare for the agency to do so. The former USMS officers I spoke with had never witnessed it happening. “It’d be unusual to deputize someone who wasn’t a law enforcement officer or didn’t have the law enforcement experience required,” says James Meissner, who became a special deputy marshal while working with the US Coast Guard after September 11."

3. [b]As for checking on status, was that within the USMS authority?  If so, what's the issue?[/b] The OP said nothing about "checking on status." Where did you get that? They are being used as muscle by DOGE/Musk, not to investigate. [/quote]

MJ is a left-wing publication.  This has been discussed at length on DCUM.

Do you know why they were deputized?  Do you know who was deputized?

What you consider to be "muscle", others would consider to be law enforcement duties.  OP did say "the acting marshal in charge of security at the DC courthouse went to the chambers of at least four judges to [b]check on the status [/b]of Jan. 6 cases."  Do you know why they checked the status of those cases?[/quote]

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