Cornell 7 accused student will try and get woke AG Letitia James taken off case today after she stated gang rape accusations as fact

Gillio Lopes, one of seven Cornell fraternity members accused of sexual assault in a civil lawsuit, is asking a New York court to remove Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor. His lawyers argue that a public statement in which James expressed support for the woman who filed the lawsuit showed she could not investigate impartially. The request matters because James could oversee witness interviews and evidence gathering before any criminal charges are considered.

At a hearing in Sullivan County, Lopes’s lawyer said the request was intended to restore confidence in an objective investigation and asked the court to send the appointment back to Governor Kathy Hochul. James’s office called the challenge procedurally defective and without merit, saying it relied on speculative claims based on a social media post. James has described her statement as an expression of empathy, while Hochul said she was confident James would examine the facts and record.