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attorneys down from 70.

That's seven zero.

So more work and less people to do it.

Oh, and that DOJ lawyer who asked to be held in Katip because of how overwhelmed she was, she was supposed to be the office's backup.

She was not a career DOJ lawyer.

She worked for ICE.

She volunteered to help out at the Minnesota U.S.

Attorney's Office as a sub.

And then after receiving no orientation or training at all, she got handed 90 cases.

That lawyer said that prior to her outburst in court, she had already tried to quit.

She filed resignation papers but was asked to stay when her bosses could not find anyone to take her job or replace her.

The Trump administration has created a completely, a completely unnecessary crisis in the courts of Minnesota.

And today, MSNOW can report that the situation has gotten so bad that the Trump administration has sent military lawyers, JAGs, to work ICE-related cases in Minnesota.

That's military lawyers in civilian federal district court.

Let's talk about that and what it could mean.

Joining me now is Barbara McQuaid, former U.S.

attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan.

First off, can you help us understand the difference between a military lawyer and a JAG lawyer and the kind of lawyer who would typically staff a U.S.

attorney's office?

Yeah, and that's the part I really want to get to with you, Barbara, because at the end of the day, I think there should be some genuine concern about having JAG officers prosecuting these cases in civilian courts because...