The newspaper, citing people familiar with the matter, reported that Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s investigation appears incipient, noting that investigators have not spoken to Pak and the limits of the investigation remain unclear.
A spokesman for the inspector general’s office declined to comment when contacted by CNN. Pak declined to comment to the Post.
Trump, meanwhile, ordered a U.S. attorney from southern Georgia to take over the Atlanta office in an unusual move. The Justice Department said South Georgia District Attorney Bobby Christine, who has also been appointed by Trump and has been in office since 2017, will take over as interim chief in Atlanta, handling both roles. The assistant attorney general in the Atlanta office, Kurt Erskine, would normally have assumed the role of acting prosecutor, but was passed over.
Two people familiar with the matter told the Post in Thursday’s story that a call from a senior Justice Department official in Washington indicated to Pak that he should resign. Trump was furious at what he considered an insufficient department search for his baseless allegations about the election of Georgia and the nation in general, people familiar with the matter told the newspaper at the time.
As CNN previously reported, there were no credible allegations of any voting issues that would have impacted the election, as claimed by dozens of judges, governors, election officials, the Electoral College, the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security and the Supreme US court.
“It was the greatest honor of my professional career to have been able to serve my fellow citizens as a US Attorney for the Northern Georgia District,” he said. “I did my best to be considerate and consistent and to provide justice to my fellow citizens in a fair, effective and efficient way.”
CNN’s Katelyn Polantz, Evan Perez, Chandelis Duster and Kelly Mena contributed to this report.