“This is a challenging assignment due to the breadth of possible targets for criminal activity,” Smith wrote. He also asked other districts and divisions to identify people they might be able to lend to the effort until July 8. Other internal correspondence indicates officials are concerned about monuments being vandalized over the July 4 holiday. ADADIt was not immediately clear how many marshals would be involved in the work, or what, precisely, they would be doing. A spokesman for the Marshals Service said Wednesday, “We don’t confirm or deny any enforcement actions that we might take.”

Source: Washington Post June 25, 2020 01:29 UTC