EXCLUSIVE: Trump Admin Bypasses Top Career Prosecutor To Name New Acting US Attorney In Atlanta
Source: TPM
Following the abrupt Monday resignation of Byung Jin “BJay” Pak, the U.S. attorney in Atlanta, the Trump administration is bypassing his first assistant, a career prosecutor, to name a new acting leader from outside the office.
The announcement came early Tuesday morning in an internal email obtained by TPM.
The new acting U.S. attorney in Atlanta will be Bobby Christine, the Trump-appointed U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, according to the email. Christine will continue simultaneously in both roles, according to the email.
The email announcing the changes came from Kurt Erskine, the first assistant U.S. attorney. By putting Christine in the role, the Trump administration passed over the Erskine, a longtime DOJ prosecutor.
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SharonClark
(10,380 posts)FeelingBlue
(764 posts)Something’s rotten in Georgia.
No biggie, Biden can undo this in 2 weeks.
Hugin
(35,046 posts)Give or take a few minutes.
Cha
(306,269 posts)dawg day
(7,947 posts)Pak really should say, "I resigned because..."
Resigning on principle only really works when the rest of us know the reason.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 posts)Til this, I had imagined Pak resigning simply because he got tired of saying "I'm sorry, Mr. President, that's outside my jurisdiction" over and over.
calguy
(5,807 posts)Doesn't mean much. He has 15 days of power left. He's melting like the witch in Wizard of Oz.
From here on out it's merely political theatre.
dweller
(25,293 posts)The attorney in SDNY who Barr forced out, and tried to replace with a Barr lackey
when the appointment should have been to the attorney’s 2nd in place?
Sorry, I’ve forgotten the names, but not the situation ...
✌🏻
keithbvadu2
(40,881 posts)Both jobs only need a half-time appointee?
Another loyal Trumpster political commissar.
BarbD
(1,235 posts)Is it time to go to the mattresses? Leave the gun, take the cannoli?
Practically speaking, let's impeach him.
CanonRay
(14,980 posts)He acts like someone cementing his power.
Turin_C3PO
(16,245 posts)Just because he’s delusional doesn’t mean that he’ll continue to be humored past Jan. 20th. The office leaves him at noon on that day.
Ingersollman
(204 posts)not Rudy or Sidney? I would've expected something more off the wall than this.
bucolic_frolic
(48,014 posts)or to pad Republican federal pensions who become longtime contributors?
It doesn't make a lot of sense, but Pak sure skipped town quickly.
NCjack
(10,297 posts)for election fraud.
bucolic_frolic
(48,014 posts)Hey, that's a novel defense.
Honestly, reality flips so often I don't know what to think anymore.
NCjack
(10,297 posts)them peremptory pardons, which have attached a pro quid pro (11,870 newly found votes and reversal of the GA 2020 election for president.)
Ligyron
(7,917 posts)Therefore, it's exactly what will happen.
Meh, maybe they deserve it for kicking 200K voters off the rolls.
bullimiami
(14,008 posts)Historic NY
(38,230 posts)forthwith
Turin_C3PO
(16,245 posts)Or is there a process he has to go through?
dsc
(52,744 posts)Mawspam2
(870 posts)I guess gathering and hiding all the loot is more than he can handle.
bucolic_frolic
(48,014 posts)some type of investigation, or rule on some pending direction.
erronis
(17,399 posts)niyad
(121,348 posts)job for two weeks? Is it really going to pad his resume that much?
jmowreader
(51,720 posts)He plans to file criminal charges against Brad Raffensperger and Brian Kemp, and needs a compliant federal prosecutor to do it.
Yeehah
(5,229 posts)after which time Biden will appoint a qualified attorney.