An attorney for one of the “Cornell 7” has called on New York Attorney General Letitia James to step down from the investigation for being biased against the accused students.
James’ earlier statement that she stood with the accuser over what she had “been forced to endure” raises an “avoidable question about the appearance of impartiality,” attorney Andrew Miltenberg, who represents one of the Chi Phi fraternity brothers, told Fox News on Sunday.
“There is nothing improper about expressing compassion for someone who reports a sexual assault,” Miltenberg said.
“But there is an important difference between supporting a person who makes an allegation and appearing to accept the factual premise of that allegation before conducting an investigation,” he stressed.“The concern is whether the public can have confidence that the investigation begins without any predetermined view of the facts.”…