The Wall Street Journal has learned that the Trump White House, shown on Saturday, forced out Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney Byung J. Pak last week for failing to carry out the administration's wish that investigations be pursued into unsubstantiated claims of election fraud.
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White House officials pushed Atlanta’s top federal prosecutor to resign before Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoffs because President Trump was upset he wasn’t doing enough to investigate the president’s unproven claims of election fraud, people familiar with the matter said.
A senior Justice Department official, at the behest of the White House, called the Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney Byung J. Pak late on the night of Jan. 3. In that call the official said Trump was furious there was no investigation related to election fraud and that the president wanted to fire Mr. Pak, the people said.
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