(CNN) — 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.

New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, is challenging the appointment of John Sarcone, the Trump administration’s pick as acting US attorney for the Northern District of New York. The effort is a bid to quash subpoenas Sarcone signed seeking records relating to the state’s civil investigations into the Trump Organization’s finances and the National Rifle Association.

The state is challenging the subpoenas on several grounds, but Judge Lorna Schofield said the hearing on Thursday will be limited to questions around Sarcone’s appointment and, if i

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