Acting U.S. Attorney That Trump Installed After Brad Raffensperger Phone Call Resigns

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Acting U.S. Attorney That Trump Installed After Brad Raffensperger Phone Call Resigns Less Than a Month Later

Jerry Lambe
Feb 1st, 2021, 5:31 pm

An acting U.S. attorney in Georgia, who was appointed under remarkable circumstances by former President Donald Trump just before the 45th president left office, has resigned from his post after less than a month in that role, the Washington Post reported Monday.

Bobby Christine, a former magistrate court judge who is also the U.S. attorney for Georgia’s Southern District, was tapped to lead the Northern District as well following the sudden resignation of Byung “BJay” Pak earlier in January.

Pak resigned one day after Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger released a taped phone conversation in which Trump referred to Pak as a “never-Trumper U.S. attorney.” Also during that call, Trump appeared to threaten Raffensperger and his office’s general counsel with unspecified criminal prosecution if they did not “find” the 11,780 votes necessary to swing the 2020 election in his favor in the Peach State.

As previously reported by Law&Crime, although the alleged “never-Trumper” was not named in the call, Pak previously presided over the district where the president repeatedly and baselessly sought to discredit the vote.

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https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/acting-u-s-attorney-in-georgia-who-trump-installed-after-raffensperger-phone-call-resigns-after-less-than-a-month/