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Mon Jan 4, 2021, 02:27 PM

Star Member riversedge (59,381 posts)

US Attorney in Atlanta abruptly resigns citing 'unforeseen circumstances'

Source: raw story



January 04, 2021


Citing "unforeseen circumstances," Atlanta-based U.S. Attorney Byung "BJ" Pak announced that he would be resigning effective immediately, Talking Points Memo reported. Pak had said that he intended to stay on until Jan. 20 when U.S. attorneys are typically rehired or dismissed by the incoming administration's attorney general.

It isn't unusual for a U.S. attorney to step down if there are other opportunities before the incoming administration, but it flies in the face of the promise by Pak to stay. The only thing that has changed since his pledge is that President Donald Trump had a phone call with the Georgia secretary of state and demanded that he commit election fraud.

During the call, Trump complained there was a "never-Trumper U.S. attorney" in Atlanta. But the Associated Press noted that "Pak is a longtime Republican who also served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2011 until 2017. He was nominated by Trump to become the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia in 2017."


It prompted several legal experts and former federal prosecutors to speculate about the "unforeseen circumstances." .......................................

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/georgia-federal-prosecutor-quits/


umm... stay tuned.



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Reply US Attorney in Atlanta abruptly resigns citing 'unforeseen circumstances' (Original post)
 riversedge Jan 4 OP
LineReply Did someone get asked to do something illegal?
 C_U_L8R Jan 4 #1
LineLineReply Well, in Trump's case, that would be entirely foreseeable!
 DonaldsRump Jan 4 #3
LineLineReply Do me a favor, number 11,7801 /nt
 bucolic_frolic Jan 4 #5
LineReply The plot thickens.
 grumpyduck Jan 4 #2
LineLineReply Oh please
 kirkuchiyo Jan 4 #11
LineLineLineReply Great response!
 Delphinus Jan 4 #19
LineLineLineLineReply Okay, fine, geez, use a roux then.
 grumpyduck Jan 4 #21
LineLineLineReply I think in this case, it's spelled "ruse."
 lagomorph777 Jan 4 #23
LineLineLineLineNew Reply lol
 orleans Jan 4 #34
LineLineLineReply I dunno. With duck, especially a grumpy one, I'd go with cornstarch.
 FailureToCommunicate Jan 4 #30
LineLineReply Sorry, MAGAts used all the cornstarch
 Cirque du So-What Jan 4 #12
LineLineLineReply ...
 orangecrush Jan 4 #18
LineReply My working hypothesis.
 OAITW r.2.0 Jan 4 #4
LineLineReply Yeah to find those 11k votes
 soothsayer Jan 4 #7
LineLineReply there's the point -- MOB.
 Grasswire2 Jan 4 #13
LineLineReply I suspect that you're right. The MAGA+++maggot currently PINO's whole administration is rift/
 SWBTATTReg Jan 4 #14
LineLineLineReply And
 OldBaldy1701E Jan 4 #29
LineLineNew Reply You're close. But, more likely, he was asked to indict the Gov, S.O.S. and his subordinate by....
 machoneman Jan 4 #36
LineReply Someone's name was bleeped out of the released tape
 Sanity Claws Jan 4 #6
LineLineReply Nah, she was a poll worker...
 blaze Jan 4 #15
LineLineLineReply The poll worker & her daughter, who also is a poll worker.
 oldsoftie Jan 4 #26
LineReply LOL, sucker got stiffed by the Pig. Didn't you understand dude...
 Thomas Hurt Jan 4 #8
LineLineReply This.
 orangecrush Jan 4 #20
LineReply Trump asked him to indict the SOS for taping him?
 MaryMagdaline Jan 4 #9
LineLineReply I was thinking that, too
 obamanut2012 Jan 4 #16
LineReply This has nothing to do with Trump's asking him to go after Raffensperger
 dalton99a Jan 4 #10
LineReply Here comes RUDY.
 NCjack Jan 4 #17
LineReply So he just got a quick lesson on what it means
 3Hotdogs Jan 4 #22
LineReply I think he should be forced to explain, under oath, why he quit
 SpankMe Jan 4 #24
LineLineNew Reply That's a nice thought.
 dhol82 Jan 4 #39
LineReply More reliable news source confirms this. Link here.
 apnu Jan 4 #25
LineReply I think he's just making a smart carreer move.
 Scruffy1 Jan 4 #27
LineLineNew Reply In the above link, Pak sounds like a decent person. I hope he's leaving so he can testify against
 Karadeniz Jan 4 #35
LineReply Pre-emptive fall guy accomplished?
 rocktivity Jan 4 #28
LineNew Reply McConnell must be fuming! That's one less PUKE toadie
 ffr Jan 4 #31
LineNew Reply He was probably told to arrest Stacey, Keisha, Jon, Rafael, Kemp, Raffensperger, etc.
 Marcuse Jan 4 #32
LineNew Reply ...
 PoliticAverse Jan 4 #33
LineLineNew Reply The national anthem of US troops in Vietnam ..
 DemoTex Jan 4 #37
LineNew Reply He was either threatened with being whacked or told to break the law. Just guessing.
 Hekate Jan 4 #38
LineNew Reply This message was self-deleted by its author
 dlk Jan 4 #40

Response to riversedge (Original post)

Mon Jan 4, 2021, 02:29 PM

Star Member C_U_L8R (39,626 posts)

1. Did someone get asked to do something illegal?

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Mon Jan 4, 2021, 02:32 PM

Star Member DonaldsRump (4,881 posts)

3. Well, in Trump's case, that would be entirely foreseeable!

Very interesting...

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Mon Jan 4, 2021, 02:33 PM

bucolic_frolic (22,321 posts)

5. Do me a favor, number 11,7801 /nt

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Mon Jan 4, 2021, 02:31 PM

grumpyduck (3,291 posts)

2. The plot thickens.

Pass the corn starch please.

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Mon Jan 4, 2021, 02:48 PM

kirkuchiyo (176 posts)

11. Oh please

Everyone knows the proper way to thicken is with a roux...

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Mon Jan 4, 2021, 03:31 PM

Star Member Delphinus (8,807 posts)

19. Great response!

Made me laugh out loud.

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Mon Jan 4, 2021, 03:34 PM

grumpyduck (3,291 posts)

21. Okay, fine, geez, use a roux then.

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Mon Jan 4, 2021, 03:43 PM

Star Member lagomorph777 (19,594 posts)

23. I think in this case, it's spelled "ruse."

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Mon Jan 4, 2021, 07:22 PM

Star Member orleans (27,940 posts)

34. lol

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Mon Jan 4, 2021, 06:33 PM

Star Member FailureToCommunicate (11,849 posts)

30. I dunno. With duck, especially a grumpy one, I'd go with cornstarch.

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Mon Jan 4, 2021, 02:48 PM

Cirque du So-What (17,124 posts)

12. Sorry, MAGAts used all the cornstarch

to soothe their chapped asses.

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Mon Jan 4, 2021, 03:31 PM

Star Member orangecrush (10,609 posts)

18. ...

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Mon Jan 4, 2021, 02:32 PM

Star Member OAITW r.2.0 (6,819 posts)

4. My working hypothesis.

Trump doesn't nominate any person for federal office that doesn't have something in their past that he can exploit. Maybe Trump has told him to resign so he can get a MAGAt to take his place and go after the GA. Governor and SoS.

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Mon Jan 4, 2021, 02:43 PM

Star Member soothsayer (31,487 posts)

7. Yeah to find those 11k votes

But of a telegraphed Hail Mary now that the tape is out.

Maybe more of an onside kick.

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Mon Jan 4, 2021, 02:53 PM

Star Member Grasswire2 (8,611 posts)

13. there's the point -- MOB.

Just like a crooked mayor will get a crooked DA who will hire a crooked medical examiner.

Tainted people are preferable to mob. And what does a mob boss do? Ask someone to do a job that is unsavory/unlawful.

And then, at that moment, the boss owns the capo.

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Mon Jan 4, 2021, 02:56 PM

Star Member SWBTATTReg (14,393 posts)

14. I suspect that you're right. The MAGA+++maggot currently PINO's whole administration is rift/

with nefarious characters of mostly ill repute, with of course rump at the top of the whole pyramid scheme. Once one block has been pulled out of the pyramid structure, the rest is unstable, and starts to collapse in on itself.

With the resignation, perhaps this is the start of something more major that has been hidden from public view, that more has been going on w/ rump trying all sorts of underhanded tricks to stay in office, that we haven't seen brought to light yet.

I certainly hope, as many people in the know have remarked (and reported on DU), that all of these sedition attempts/coup attempts/etc. of the like, are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. This is not a laughing matter. This is not an issue that you can sweep under the rug. This deserves extensive reporting by the Biden administration of the corruption and other blatant attempts to subvert the constitutional transition of power from the old admin. to the new admin.

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Mon Jan 4, 2021, 05:50 PM

OldBaldy1701E (640 posts)

29. And

we need to remind the entire country that the rethugs as a whole were complacent if not actively supportive of every single one of them. Not just the politicians, but anyone who claims to be a republican. They allowed this to happen and some of them are actively plotting sedition if not full on rebellion thanks to the rethug elite fueling their descent into the Dunning-Kruger Syndrome. I have said it before, get images of every single MAGA hat wearing idiot you can. We need to know who they are. ALL of them.

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Mon Jan 4, 2021, 07:57 PM

machoneman (2,166 posts)

36. You're close. But, more likely, he was asked to indict the Gov, S.O.S. and his subordinate by....

DJT's interim A.G., whoever the hell that is these days. Why? Failure to support Trumpy's weird, wild and false claims.

He refused to do so, hence the immediate retirement.

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Mon Jan 4, 2021, 02:36 PM

Star Member Sanity Claws (19,485 posts)

6. Someone's name was bleeped out of the released tape

Could it have been this guy's name?

I had assumed that they bleeped Tracy Abrams' name because of the way the Orange One spoke about the person

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Mon Jan 4, 2021, 03:00 PM

Star Member blaze (4,192 posts)

15. Nah, she was a poll worker...

Long story short:

"Late on Nov. 3, election workers in Fulton County, Georgia, heard that they would be allowed to go home for the night. So they packed uncounted ballots into suitcases and prepared to lock up for the evening.

When word came that they couldn’t leave yet, they dragged the suitcases back out and began counting the ballots again.

That singular scene — of workers taking out suitcases of votes — was then selectively edited and shared by allies of President Trump as a conspiracy theory that election workers had dragged out fraudulent ballots under the cover of night. According to the theory, those suitcases helped swing Georgia’s Electoral College votes to President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr."

For the full story: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ruby-freeman-arrested-by-fbi/

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Mon Jan 4, 2021, 04:32 PM

oldsoftie (5,340 posts)

26. The poll worker & her daughter, who also is a poll worker.

the WaPo said they bleeped it because trump was saying unconfirmed rumors.

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Mon Jan 4, 2021, 02:43 PM

Thomas Hurt (9,193 posts)

8. LOL, sucker got stiffed by the Pig. Didn't you understand dude...

you were supposed to arrest Sec of State and have him summarily executed for your Dear Leader.

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Mon Jan 4, 2021, 03:32 PM

Star Member orangecrush (10,609 posts)

20. This.

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Mon Jan 4, 2021, 02:45 PM

Star Member MaryMagdaline (6,021 posts)

9. Trump asked him to indict the SOS for taping him?

Just speculating

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Mon Jan 4, 2021, 03:18 PM

Star Member obamanut2012 (19,726 posts)

16. I was thinking that, too

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Mon Jan 4, 2021, 02:46 PM

Star Member dalton99a (58,066 posts)

10. This has nothing to do with Trump's asking him to go after Raffensperger

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Mon Jan 4, 2021, 03:25 PM

Star Member NCjack (8,008 posts)

17. Here comes RUDY.

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Mon Jan 4, 2021, 03:34 PM

3Hotdogs (5,374 posts)

22. So he just got a quick lesson on what it means

to be a Republican.

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Mon Jan 4, 2021, 03:55 PM

Star Member SpankMe (2,219 posts)

24. I think he should be forced to explain, under oath, why he quit

...or face disbarment. There's something really rotten here. Was there coercion? Was there a threat? If he was subject to a force that could negatively impact the ability of a prosecutor to carry out their job, then we should know what that was.

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Mon Jan 4, 2021, 08:11 PM

Star Member dhol82 (8,404 posts)

39. That's a nice thought.

Doubt it will ever happen.

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Mon Jan 4, 2021, 04:45 PM

Star Member Scruffy1 (2,981 posts)

27. I think he's just making a smart carreer move.

Former US Attorneys can easily pull in half a million a year, which is why getting the job is such a political plumb. Now, he is in the hot seat with two weeks to go. If he ignores the case, he loses public credibility and if goes forward he loses his chances with big money Republicans for clients. This way he stays out of the mud. We really need a better way of selecting US Attorneys. The whole thing is just a bad system of patronage. Spend a few years on civil service pay and get rich later on because you have insider knowledge of the system. It also leads to short term thinking. None of them give a shit about opening up a case that might take years to be adjudicated. What they want is to get their name out there, so they can rake in bucks when they leave.

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Mon Jan 4, 2021, 07:47 PM

Star Member Karadeniz (11,715 posts)

35. In the above link, Pak sounds like a decent person. I hope he's leaving so he can testify against

Trump. Pal is Northern GA. The link also said the Middle GA equivalent resigned less than a month ago.

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Mon Jan 4, 2021, 04:50 PM

Star Member rocktivity (43,934 posts)

28. Pre-emptive fall guy accomplished?

I've always believed that it's entirely possible that Trump only PRETENDS that he's NOT a stable genius.


rocktivity

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Mon Jan 4, 2021, 06:44 PM

ffr (19,758 posts)

31. McConnell must be fuming! That's one less PUKE toadie

Perhaps he can nominate some outer puke, like Hawley.

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Mon Jan 4, 2021, 06:46 PM

Star Member Marcuse (3,724 posts)

32. He was probably told to arrest Stacey, Keisha, Jon, Rafael, Kemp, Raffensperger, etc.

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Mon Jan 4, 2021, 07:11 PM

PoliticAverse (22,509 posts)

33. ...

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Mon Jan 4, 2021, 08:01 PM

Star Member DemoTex (24,267 posts)

37. The national anthem of US troops in Vietnam ..

I can't listen to "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" without hearing the rotorblade slap of a Huey helicopter and smell the aroma of shit burning in JP-4!

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Mon Jan 4, 2021, 08:03 PM

Star Member Hekate (66,189 posts)

38. He was either threatened with being whacked or told to break the law. Just guessing.

The era of the mean tweet has now passed.

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