A federal judge in Minnesota has ruled that military lawyers can prosecute civilians for offenses unrelated to the military, determining that such assignments do not violate federal law and cannot be prevented by a court. The decision came on Friday from U.S. Magistrate Judge Shannon Elkins in Minneapolis, in a closely watched case challenging the legality of a military lawyer prosecuting a civilian. The case centered on Paul Johnson, a Minnesota resident charged with assaulting a Customs and Border Protection agent. This incident occurred in January during the Trump administration's aggressive immigration enforcement surge in the state. During this period, the Defense Department assigned lawyers from the Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAGs) to assist the U.S. Attorney's Office in Minnesota, following similar deployments to Washington, D.C., and Tennessee.…