Judge disqualifies U.S. attorney in Albany investigating Letitia James
John A. Sarcone III is the fifth Trump-appointed interim U.S. attorney who has been disqualified from serving in such a role.
U.S. District Judge Lorna G. Schofield ruled that John A. Sarcone III — a Trump loyalist appointed in March as interim U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York — has been unlawfully serving in his role for months. Sarcone had no legal authority when he subpoenaed James’s office during the summer as part of a probe into whether her office had violated civil rights of Trump or others, Schofield said.
At the time those subpoenas were issued, she said, Sarcone had already served beyond the 120 days he could hold on to his position. Schofield described the Justice Department’s efforts to keep him in his job beyond that point as an “end-run” around federal statutes aimed at allowing him to target “a perceived rival of the president.”
“When the Executive branch of government skirts restraints put in place by Congress and then uses that power to subject political adversaries to criminal investigations, it acts without lawful authority,” the judge wrote. “Subpoenas issued under that authority are invalid.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/01/08/us-attorney-albany-sarcone-disqualified/
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