BJay Pak

In July 2017, Pak was nominated by President Donald Trump to become United States attorney for the Northern District of Georgia.[7] He was confirmed for the position by the United States Senate on September 28, 2017.[8]

On January 3, 2021, Trump called top Georgia state election officials, a call which was recorded and later released, and pressured them to help him "find" more votes in order to overturn the election of president-elect Biden. During the call, Trump referenced Atlanta and Fulton counties of Georgia and referred to the "never-Trumper U.S. attorney there." Pak's district included those counties. Pak resigned the next day, citing "unforeseen circumstances."[9][10][11]

Pak resigned unexpectedly on January 4, 2021.[12] Justice Department officials have declined to say whether Pak resigned voluntarily or was asked to do so.[13] However, The Wall Street Journal reported that Pak was forced to resign by senior White House officials in the Trump administration for not investigating false claims of election fraud "enough."[14] Trump immediately replaced Pak with Bobby Christine,[15] the Trump-appointed U.S. attorney from southern Georgia, bypassing top career prosecutor Kurt Erskine.[13] Christine also found no evidence of election fraud.[16] The Justice Department inspector general opened an inquiry into Pak's departure.[17] Pak told the Senate Judiciary Committee in August 2021 that top Justice Department officials had told him on January 3 that he would be fired by Trump if he did not say there had been widespread voter fraud in Georgia; resigning would pre-empt a public dismissal.[18]

Pak has since returned to private practice.[19]