Dozens of military lawyers have been temporarily assigned as federal prosecutors to support law-enforcement surges in Minneapolis and other cities, a novel arrangement that is stretching an overworked judge advocate general corps and drawing concern from legal experts. Similar orders have sent 20 other JAGs to federal prosecutors’ officers in Washington, D.C., where National Guard troops continue their patrols. There is precedent for military lawyers to help prosecute civilians, but not at this scale nor in these types of roles, experts said. Steven Lepper, a retired Air Force judge advocate general, said he has serious doubts about the administration's new use of the military lawyers. After the deaths of U.S. citizens in Minneapolis during immigration-related law enforcement operations, several federal prosecutors resigned from their roles.