Justice Department to investigate US lawyer suddenly leaves Atlanta after Trump criticism

The Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Justice would open an investigation into the sudden resignation and replacement of the US lawyer representing the Northern District of Georgia, according to the Washington Post.

The Post reported Thursday evening that the DOJ’s main watchdog would be investigating the resignation of Byung J. Pak, who was appointed to the post in 2017 by the former President TrumpDonald Trump Clinton, Bush and Obama reflect on peaceful transition of power on Biden inauguration day Arizona Republican brothers say he is ‘at least partially responsible’ for violence on Capitol Hill Biden cancels Trump’s $ 4 billion PLUS freeze. Pak resigned earlier this month following the president’s criticism of a supposed “US prosecutor who never deceives” in a now infamous call with the Georgian secretary of state, in which Trump also asked officials to “find” more than 11,000 votes he would need. to defeat President Biden in the state.

The now former president replaced Pak days later with Bobby Christine, a high-level prosecutor in the Southern District of Georgia, the Post reporting that Pak’s resignation came in response to a call from a senior ministry official. Justice urging him to resign.

Pak, who was the first Korean American to serve as an American lawyer, said upon leaving earlier this month that he was doing his best to be thoughtful and consistent, and to do justice to my fellow citizens in a fair manner. , effective and efficient. . His resignation came a day after the Washington Post published an audio detailing Trump’s conversation with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.

Representatives from the Inspector General’s office declined to comment on the Post and could not be reached immediately for comment by The Hill. A request for comment from the Department of Justice’s General Press Line was not immediately responded to, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia also could not be reached for after-hours comment. .