Exclusive: This week district attorneys are gathering in the nation's capital to talk about prosecuting law-breaking federal agents.
This week, something unusual is happening in the nation’s capital. Local prosecutors from across the United States are flying to Washington, D.C. for an emergency meeting about a simple idea that shouldn’t be controversial: No federal agent is above the law. Yet the Trump administration will undoubtedly be furious to know the gathering is taking place, as the organizers are readying efforts to hold its agents accountable for misconduct.
The closed-door session marks the first in-person meeting of the Fight Against Federal Overreach project — FAFO — a new coalition of locally elected district attorneys and prosecutors who are collaborating on how to respond when federal officers violate state criminal law or trample constitutional rights in their communities.
News of the group’s launch was revealed by The New York Times less than a week ago. Yet the speed at which participants are coming together shows how urgent the situation has become. Indeed, new videos have surfaced almost daily of ICE agents and DHS officers breaking protocol, intimidating American citizens . . .
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