Pak told the committee, according to the source familiar with his testimony, that he had confidence in his replacement at the US attorney’s office. Trump hand-picks replacement for Atlanta's US attorney after surprise resignationĪfter Pak’s surprise resignation, Trump replaced him with his US attorney in Savannah, bypassing the normal chain of succession and raising suspicions about Pak’s departure. Pak on Wednesday said it was not unreasonable for Trump to have concerns about election fraud in Georgia given the volume of allegations that the department received, the source said. The interview, which was not public, was conducted virtually and lasted between three and three and a half hours, according to the source familiar with the testimony. The Senate Judiciary Committee interviewed Pak on Wednesday as it investigates the pressure Trump put on the Justice Department to take a more active role in his efforts to overturn his electoral loss. Two days before Pak’s resignation on January 4, Trump pressured Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to validate bogus claims of election fraud in the state. At the time, Trump and his allies were focused squarely on Georgia as they sought to push unfounded claims of mass election fraud. The circumstances surrounding Pak’s departure were among the lingering mysteries from a chaotic stretch in early January. Byung “BJay” Pak, a former US attorney in Atlanta who abruptly quit during then-President Donald Trump’s mission to overturn the results of the election, stepped down earlier than planned because he caught wind Trump was considering firing him, according to a source familiar with Pak’s interview with congressional investigators Wednesday.
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