4/ has responded yet. so what authority were the marshals acting under? and were they even us marshall at all? curious if anyone has any links and if you know something pls hit me on signal at joshtpm dot 99 on signal.
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5/ I've done a bit more poking around because I'm certainly not an expert on the US Marshals and I feel on stronger ground saying this is not what the marshals are authorized to do. Their primary role is protecting the judiciary and enforcing its orders.
6/ They have additional statutory authority to enforce certain laws. They're not the White House's police force. They're certainly not DOGE's police force. So what happened here? cc: @gtconway.bsky.social @asharangappa.bsky.social @kenwhite.bsky.social
This needs a lot of attorneys looking at it. Start w/ @marcelias.bsky.social who I thought mentioned an attorney fund. Agency staff and heads must know exactly who they have to listen in law enforcement. What's more to what extent they can retain Dough Boys from stealing data, citizens arrest etc.
Another thing that has gotten little attention ...
lEon skuM's Private Security agents were given the status of Marshall's, which are allowed to be heavily armed everywhere in the country.
In either situation - Musk goons or real Marshalls - I still wonder why they were allowed in? Don’t you call the police if someone shows up demanding entry that shouldn’t have it? And what threat did they make to building staff/security and was it recorded?
Blackwater now named Constellis has extensive government contracts (see Google) including the building security for a large chunk of Federal office buildings.
It’s possible Musk’s security guards (now deputized US Marshals) are also Constellis/Blackwater.
Perhaps these are the US Marshals who until a week ago were musk's personal security detail? They got deputized only recently, and may not know all the rules yet 🙄
What happened is they were acting as the White House police. Don’t you get it? Your Constitution is dead. The current executive branch is doing whatever it wants because no one is stopping it
Pokes holes in shifting WH claim that DOGE is either advisory (no authority), or embedded w/agencies/boards, or created to modernize government software.
It would be no more legal than to grant a presidential advisor such as Musk, who has no authority to direct other agencies, the ability to negate Congressional spending prescriptions and require agencies to eliminate programs and staff.
You’re expecting them to be following pre-existing rules. Musk’s deputized goons (assuming that’s who they were) likely don’t even know about them. Much less care.
More likely it would be federal protective service that provides security at federal buildings, I don’t believe though they would necessarily have access to all offices but they might. But the other commenters notes and deputizing private security as Marshall’s seems not unlikely.
What are these dodgy teams doing once they have access? What are they doing with the data? What are they doing to the digital equipment? What changes have they forced on the agencies? And,yes, who is ordering the Marshalls to intervene, and on what authority?
That and the "Marshalls" aren't really Marshalls. They're elon's private security guards from whatever Blackwater renamed itself to, the Marshall service has deputized them. But they're not the actual US. Marshals
I remember reading that Elon's personal private security guards were recently deputized by US Marshalls. Is it possible these were Elon's private security, operating as deputized Marshalls?
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lEon skuM's Private Security agents were given the status of Marshall's, which are allowed to be heavily armed everywhere in the country.
It’s possible Musk’s security guards (now deputized US Marshals) are also Constellis/Blackwater.
Unknown but something to consider/look at
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