The legal team for New York Attorney General Letitia James plans to ask a federal judge to dismiss criminal charges against her on the grounds that the federal prosecutor’s appointment was unlawful, according to a court filing Thursday.
The notice by James’s attorneys indicates they plan to file the request for dismissal Friday.
James is also set to appear on Friday in U.S. district court in Norfolk, Virginia, where she is expected to plead not guilty to one count of bank fraud and one count of making false statements to a financial institution.
President Donald Trump appointed Lindsey Halligan, a former White House aide, as the interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. She was sworn into office in September….