01-10-2021, 04:20 AM
A typical Georgia Republican Trump lackey getting what he deserved.
Wall Street Journal: White House pressured Georgia federal prosecutor to resign
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/politics/whit...SLVZSZLUM/
ATLANTA — White House officials pushed Atlanta’s top prosecutor to resign because President Donald Trump was upset about Georgias election results, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday night.
Sources told the newspaper that Trump pressed District Attorney Byung J. “B.J.” Pak to resign before the twin Senate runoffs in Georgia. Trump was upset because he believed Pak was not doing enough to investigate the president’s baseless claims of election fraud.
A senior Justice Department official made the call, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Pak resigned abruptly on Jan. 4, a day before the runoffs, saying in an email that he was resigning due to “unforeseen circumstances.”
It’s not unusual for U.S. attorneys to leave their posts as presidential administrations change. Pak’s announcement Monday, however, was notable because it came a day after recordings of a telephone call became public in which President Trump, who nominated Pak for the position, appeared to suggest that Pak was a “never-Trumper” — a term often used for conservative and Republican critics of Trump.
Pak was also a Republican state lawmaker from 2011 to 2017. He had previously served as an assistant U.S. attorney from 2002 to 2008 and was working in private practice at the time of his appointment. At the time, he was among U.S. attorney nominees said by the White House to “share the president’s vision for ‘Making America Safe Again.”
Wall Street Journal: White House pressured Georgia federal prosecutor to resign
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/politics/whit...SLVZSZLUM/
ATLANTA — White House officials pushed Atlanta’s top prosecutor to resign because President Donald Trump was upset about Georgias election results, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday night.
Sources told the newspaper that Trump pressed District Attorney Byung J. “B.J.” Pak to resign before the twin Senate runoffs in Georgia. Trump was upset because he believed Pak was not doing enough to investigate the president’s baseless claims of election fraud.
A senior Justice Department official made the call, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Pak resigned abruptly on Jan. 4, a day before the runoffs, saying in an email that he was resigning due to “unforeseen circumstances.”
It’s not unusual for U.S. attorneys to leave their posts as presidential administrations change. Pak’s announcement Monday, however, was notable because it came a day after recordings of a telephone call became public in which President Trump, who nominated Pak for the position, appeared to suggest that Pak was a “never-Trumper” — a term often used for conservative and Republican critics of Trump.
Pak was also a Republican state lawmaker from 2011 to 2017. He had previously served as an assistant U.S. attorney from 2002 to 2008 and was working in private practice at the time of his appointment. At the time, he was among U.S. attorney nominees said by the White House to “share the president’s vision for ‘Making America Safe Again.”
