Elon Musk's private security detail gets deputized by US Marshals Service

[SalamanderSleeps]

The US Marshals Service has deputized members of Elon Musk’s private security detail, giving them certain rights and protections of federal law enforcement agents, three law enforcement officials familiar with the matter told CNN.

It was not immediately clear how many members of Musk’s security team were made special deputies.

Musk, the tech billionaire and ally of President Donald Trump, does not currently have a US Secret Service detail – meaning members of his personal security detail were limited in what they could do in Washington, DC.

Now that members have been deputized, they have more rights and could be authorized to carry weapons on federal grounds. It also means that if something went awry with the detail, the Marshals Service could be held legally liable, one law enforcement source said.


https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/politics/elon-musk-private-security-deputized-marshals-service/index.html

[dweller]

1. Brown Shirts ?

Fuck this
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[underpants]

2. Last 3 paragraphs

The Marshals Service has the power deputize a wide swath of people at their own discretion, including Justice Department employees, law enforcement officials and employees of private security companies. The deputization, which typically comes from the deputy attorney general, lasts for one year, according to a Justice Department manual.

The Marshals Service has deputized security details before, including that of Dr. Anthony Fauci. The Marshals deputized officers from the office of the inspector general at the Department of Health and Human Services to serve as Fauci’s security because of an increase in threats to his personal safety.

But law enforcement sources told CNN that deputizing private security is unusual, particularly because those individuals are not current members of law enforcement. One source described the move as “rare.”

[Blue Owl]

3. Where are the "Democratic Leaders" on this?

They should be raising holy hell that an illegal alien from another country is tRump’s hatchet man, destroying our government for his own personal gain.

Or are they too busy telling Jasmine Crocket, Al Green, AOC, et al to tone it down?

[SalamanderSleeps]

4. And while we are asking questions.

Has Elon Musk taken the oath that everyone from troops to mail workers takes?

The current Oath of Allegiance of the United States is as follows:

I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform noncombatant service in the Armed Forces of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law; and that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God.

[stoned]

5. This should not be a thing

[Irish_Dem]

6. US taxpayer paying funding the security for richest man in the world.