Cornell Student Wants Letitia James, NY Attorney General, Removed as Prosecutor NYT - Home Page By: Hurubie Meko and Troy Closson 8 October 2026 at 01:42 Attorney General Letitia James should step down from leading the investigation into a former studentβs claim that she was sexually assaulted in 2024, a lawyer for one of the men said. Β© Hilary Swift for The New York TimesLetitia James, left, the New York attorney general, voiced an opinion about the Cornell rape investigation before she was named as special prosecutor.