MONTICELLO, N.Y. (AP) — Should social media posts disqualify New York’s attorney general from leading a criminal investigation into gang rape allegations at Cornell University?

That’s the question before a state judge on Thursday as one of the accused men seeks to remove Attorney General Letitia James as a special prosecutor overseeing the renewed criminal probe.

One of at least two cases against James contends she is biased because she posted messages expressing support for the accuser just days before she was appointed to the case.

The former Cornell student identified in court papers as Jane Doe filed a lawsuit last month alleging that several men raped her at a fraternity party in October 2024. The former student said some of the men pressured her into using ketamine and marijuana and that she drank alcohol that left her too intoxicated to consent.

“What this young woman has been forced to endure is horrific and unacceptable,” James posted to X and Facebook on Sept.…