BJay Pak is an old school Republican
He finds out there's a coup being planned to overturn an election and install a fellow Republican into the White House illegally... and that he personally could stand in the way of the plot against the Republic.
What's he do? Washes his hands, quits without an explanation, and gets out of the coup's way. He won't get his hands dirty, which covers his ass, but fails his oath to uphold and protect the Constitution.
You know that quote about what it takes for evil to prevail in the world is good men doing nothing? BJay Pak is that good man.
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I have no love for Republicans, even the supposedly 'good' ones, but what has BJay Pak done to bring up his name now? He had a choice to quit or be fired. He chose to quit before tfg had a chance to have him removed. Because he was unwilling to cooperate with any wrongdoing, there was no way he was going to be allowed to stay and do ...anything.
https://lawandcrime.com/2020-election/former-u-s-attorney-in-georgia-told-senate-he-resigned-because-trump-would-have-fired-him-for-not-backing-fraud-claims-report/
The report, attributed to a person familiar with closed-door testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, corroborates what most court-watchers suspected following Byung “BJay” Pak’s sudden departure from helming the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Atlanta-based Southern District of Georgia in January.
The 45th president appeared to refer to Pak as a “never-Trumper” in a taped phone call on Jan. 2 this year, urging Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) to “find” 11,780 votes. [snip]
Emails released by the House in June* also hinted at White House pressure bearing down upon Pak during the final days of his tenure.
*https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/bjay-pak-doj-emails-house-departure
Later, Pak voluntarily appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-election-2020-f256ba4917d47e9728d216b014edfae9
The interview was with Byung J. “BJay” Pak, who resigned as a U.S. attorney in Atlanta the day after a call between Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger became public, according to a person familiar with the committee meeting.
In a recording of the call between Trump and Raffensperger, obtained the day after by The Associated Press and other outlets, Trump is heard urging Raffensperger to “find” enough votes to overturn Joe Biden’s win in the state. He also appeared to criticize Pak, whom he had appointed, indicating Pak hadn’t done enough to try and overturn the election. Trump called Pak a “never Trumper.”
Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, who sits on the Judiciary Committee, said after Wednesday’s interview that Pak “answered all questions in a seemingly honest and candid way, and my impression is that he believes in the rule of law and that he stood up for it.” Blumenthal did not provide details of the conversation.
Any and all information regarding his role at the time and what happened during/after the election was freely given:
https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Pak%20Transcript.pdf
edit to add: I vividly remember when this happened. I live in GA and was righteously pissed that tfg was going so far as to muscle state attorneys out of his way to mess with GA's votes. Again, not a big fan of Republicans in general, but Pak was a guy that tfg installed and he still didn't bend. It backfired on tfg, who thought he'd installed a toady. Pak quit rather than be coerced into committing crimes, and he quit rather than stick around long enough to give tfg the satisfaction of firing him. Not to jump down your throat or anything, but I don't understand what else you think he could have done.
