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Twenty Judge Advocate General (JAG) Attorney, part of the US Army’s Legal Branch, DC has been assigned to prosecute civil matters in Washington, DC as the Trump administration continues its crack on crime.
A spokesman for the US Attorney Office in the country’s capital confirmed Fox News Digital that military lawyers would prosecute wrong crimes.
American Attorney Genin Piro said in a statement, “The work of 20 Jags in my office is evidence of President Trump’s commitment, which is a commitment to fight and reduce crime in the district.”
The National Guard members provide the facility of entries in the staging area of local and federal law enforcement agencies within the US Park Police Anocostia operation facility. In Washington, DC on August 12, 2025 (Craig Hudson for Washington Post through Getty Image)
Trump’s Washington, hundreds arrested as DC, crime cracks completely hit
President Donald Trump made the police federal in DC on 11 August as a high level of crime crime continued to plague the city.
While making the announcement, Trump told reporters, “I am deploying the National Guard to help re -establish laws, orders and public safety in Washington, DC.” “And they are going to allow their work to be done properly.”
Two days after the announcement, there has been no housewife in DC since August 13, the Metropolitan Police Department confirmed on Thursday morning.
Around 800 National Guard soldiers have been deployed in the city so far, and the federal law enforcement has also tilted the city to fight the crime.
The FBI and Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) operates a traffic stop near the US Capital in Washington, DC. On August 14, 2025. (Kayla Bartakowski/Getty Images)
Attorney General Palm Bondi announced on Thursday morning that since the beginning of Trump’s initiative, 630 people have been arrested by federal law enforcement. There were 77 arrests on Wednesday, and 24 arrests were illegal immigrants.
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“Our mission is not slow to make DC safe again,” he said.
FBI director Kash Patel also made a recent arrest.
Patel said on Thursday morning, “The FBI joined 31 and the federal partners in the arrest last night.”
Those arrests included allegations including recovery of six illegal guns, seven drug seizures and theft, attack with a deadly weapon, an attack on an officer and illegal entry.
Washington, August 20 – National Guard Sainik was posted in the city’s naval yard district. (Fox News Digital/Emma Woodhead)
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Patel said, “This is a team’s attempt among many federal partners – they are working around the clock to complete it and your capital city is safe every day.”
