As members of the National Guard deploy to the nation's capital as part of the Trump administration's takeover of policing in Washington, members of the military are also set to take on prosecutorial roles handling civilian crimes.

Twenty members of the Defense Department are set to begin working as special assistant U.S. attorneys — federal prosecutors — in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia next week, two people familiar with the matter told NBC News.

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Tim Lauer, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office, confirmed the move, saying that members of the Judge Advocate General Corps (JAG) would be joining the office, though he did not know how long the detail would last.

The Trump administration has

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