Prosecutors Work Overnight in DC Anti-Crime Surge: The Brief

FEDERAL PROSECUTORS at the Washington US attorney’s office have been required to work overnight shifts — and pushed to charge more cases — under the Trump Justice Department’s DC anti-crime surge, Suzanne Monyak and Ben Penn report.

• A rotating group of four assistant US attorneys, a supervisor, and a paralegal have had to be on call starting at 5:30 p.m. every night for a 24-hour shift to handle the influx of arrests stemming from federal agent patrols that began last month, according to three people familiar with the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity.
• Prosecutors at the office ...