U.S. Attorney Byung J. Pak/Photo by Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/Associated Press

The Wall Street Journal reported on January 9, 2021, that “White House officials pushed Atlanta’s top federal prosecutor to resign before Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoffs because President Trump was upset he wasn’t doing enough to investigate the president’s unproven claims of election fraud, people familiar with the matter said.”

U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia Byung J. Pak resigned abruptly on Monday before the runoffs, telling his staff that it was due to “unforeseen circumstances.” President Trump then put the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, Bobby L. Christine, in charge of both districts. According to an audio recording obtained by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Christine declared on a call with his staff on Monday, January 11, that “there’s just nothing to” the few claims of fraud the office was examining.

The Journal article referenced that before Attorney General William Barr left office he said “the Justice Department hadn’t found evidence of widespread voter fraud that could reverse the election of Mr. Biden’s victory, including claims of fraud, ballot destruction and voting-machine destruction.” The Journal also noted that the during Trump’s January 2 call to Georgia’s secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, the president complained that Mr. Pak was a “Never Trumper.”

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