The court hearing focusing on the role of John Sarcone, who is acting as U.S. attorney for northern New York, comes as President Trump’s effort to install political loyalists as federal prosecutors has run into a legal buzz saw.

The United States on Wednesday seized a tanker ship off the coast of Venezuela. Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a social media post that a warrant was executed for the crude oil tanker that was once used to transport sanctioned oil from both Venezuela and Iran.

Bondi overrode that choice by firing Grace. On July 24, Trump withdrew Habba's nomination as U.S. attorney, Habba resigned from her position as interim U.S. attorney, and Bondi appointed her as first assistant U.S. attorney based on the theory that she would then automatically fill the vacancy left by Sellinger's resignation.

New York Attorney General Letitia James is challenging the authority of Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York John Sarcone.

Lawyers for the New York attorney general’s office are expected to appear in federal court in Albany on Thursday to try to disqualify a US attorney from investigating the state’s civil case against President Donald Trump.

"This [data call] did come across as a little bit grueling given the timing with such short turnaround," Ben Penn said.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta today secured a decision by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of

Missouri Republican leaders claimed the U.S. Constitution forbids state referendums on Congressional district plans. A federal judge dismissed the lawsuit, but the Missouri Secretary of State can still declare the petition unconstitutional under the state constitution.