A Capitol Police job posting published July 29 causes a constitutional conundrum as the agency aims to hire its own federal prosecutors. This is the job description:
This is a position that serves as a special assistant United States attorney in the USCP District Offices located in Washington, DC. The position reports to the USCP Deputy and General Counsel; however, the position will work under the direct supervision and authority of the co-located District U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Yes, the Capitol Police of the executive branch, tasked with the protection of the legislative branch, are hiring federal prosecutors to work for them… I mean the DOJ.
A Special Assistant United States Attorney or “SAUSA” is an appointed designation that gives the same authority and power as an Assistant US Attorney, according to Temple Law Review. Section 543 of the Judiciary and Judicial Procedure Act, enacted by Congress in 1948, authorizes the Attorney General to “appoint attorneys to assist United States attorneys when the public interest so requires.”
Capitol Police directs SAUSAs hiringIt isn’tThe same applies to an Attorney General Special appointment. The Capitol Police does not have the legal, legislative, or judicial power to appoint SAUSAs. In America, police don’t hire prosecutors for the DOJ. Prosecutors are not required to report directly to police.So we thought.
To further complicate matters, the oversight board for the Capitol Police is made up of four people including the House and Senate Sergeants-at-Arms who are nominated by the House Speaker and Senate Majority Leader — Nancy Pelosi (D) and Chuck Schumer (D). Politically-influenced oversight boards can result in politicized prosecutions.
It is evident from the job description that this is the post of special prosecutor for cases involving January 6.
The United States Government will be representing it in this position. They will be prosecuting people and/or groups that have threatened and/or committed acts of violence against members of Congress and their staffs.
The DOJ is in dire need of additional staff, as the J6 case load includes more than 800 defendants. Budgetary concerns arise from the hiring of prosecutors in J6 cases under the Capitol Police. This is a cover-up for the high taxpayer cost of J6 prosecutions of ordinary Americans.
Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post via AP, Pool
Defense attorneys are raising issues such as political interference. UnhingedRepresentative inquiry. U.S. District Judge Amit Metta denied Tuesday a request for delay in the trial of those accused on seditious conspiracies charges.
“If transcripts are dropped on the eve of trial that pertain to these defendants and the allegations against them, I will revisit the issue. You have my word, the truth of the matter is the court’s docket cannot be dictated by how Congress is acting and what they are doing.”
Capitol Police has another problem when they hire federal J6-prosecutors. Can crime victims hire their own prosecutors, promising them special appointments from the AG’s office, while their oversight board is politically influenced by Pelosi and Schumer?
In Biden’s Administration, Anything goes… for now.
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