As part of the Trump administration’s push to apply capital punishment “where possible,” the Justice Department is aggressively pursuing the death penalty against an alleged member of the anarchist “Zizian” cult charged with the January murder of a Border Patrol agent in Vermont.

The federal prosecution of Seattle native Teresa “Milo” Youngblut, 21, who pleaded not guilty Friday to murdering Border Patrol agent David Maland, further signals the Trump DOJ’s zero-tolerance policy for violence against federal agents amid a surge in assaults on law enforcement officers.

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