This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe top federal prosecutor in Atlanta abruptly resigned this week and President Trump bypassed his top deputy in selecting a temporary replacement — an unusual set of moves, even in the administration’s waning days.On Monday, Byung J. “BJay” Pak, whom Trump had appointed as the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia in 2017, unexpectedly told colleagues he was stepping down.Then, on Tuesday, officials announced that Trump had installed Bobby L. Christine, the U.S. attorney in the Southern District of Georgia,...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe top federal prosecutor in Atlanta abruptly resigned this week and President Trump bypassed his top deputy in selecting a temporary replacement — an unusual set of moves, even in the administration’s waning days.On Monday, Byung J. “BJay” Pak, whom Trump had appointed as the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia in 2017, unexpectedly told colleagues he was stepping down.Then, on Tuesday, officials announced that Trump had installed Bobby L. Christine, the U.S. attorney in the Southern District of Georgia,...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareA federal judge Tuesday rejected the Justice Department’s bid to make the U.S. government the defendant in a defamation lawsuit brought by a woman who says President Trump raped her decades ago, paving the way for the case to again proceed.In a 59-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan wrote that Trump did not qualify as a government “employee” under federal law, nor was he acting “within the scope of his employment” when he denied during interviews in 2019 that he had raped journalist E. Jean Carroll in a...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareA federal judge Tuesday rejected the Justice Department’s bid to make the U.S. government the defendant in a defamation lawsuit brought by a woman who says President Trump raped her decades ago, paving the way for the case to again proceed.In a 59-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan wrote that Trump did not qualify as a government “employee” under federal law, nor was he acting “within the scope of his employment” when he denied during interviews in 2019 that he had raped journalist E. Jean Carroll in a...WW…