The Justice Department has appealed a federal court order disqualifying acting U.S. Attorney John Sarcone from pursuing investigations into New York Attorney General Letitia James’s office.
The department filed a notice of appeal on Jan. 23 alongside a brief telling U.S. District Judge Lorna Schofield that she misinterpreted a federal law governing attorney appointments. It’s now asking Schofield to halt the effects of her Jan. 8 order, which quashed Sarcone’s subpoenas targeting James’s investigations of President Donald Trump and the National Rifle Association.
