"Last month, Politico released a bombshell report featuring multiple leaked texts from Paul Ingrassia, then President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel. In those texts, Ingrassia told colleagues that he had a Nazi streak and made a number of other racist remarks. While criticizing former presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy in 2024, for example, Ingrassia said, Never trust a chinaman or Indian. A day later, Ingrassia announced he was withdrawing from an upcoming Senate hearing."
"I mean, look, I've said it before. I'll say it again. If thinking Nazis are bad makes me a biased reporter, I guess I'm a biased reporter. It doesn't seem that complicated, right? This guy said that he has a little bit of a Nazi streak in him. A lot of other comments were in those text messages that Politico had the reporting on."
Leaked texts revealed Paul Ingrassia said he had a 'Nazi streak' and used racist language, including 'Never trust a chinaman or Indian.' Ingrassia withdrew from a planned Senate hearing but remained a special liaison to the Department of Homeland Security and was later named deputy general counsel at the General Services Administration. Commentators described the continued employment and promotion as astounding and indicative that such admissions are not considered disqualifying within the Trump administration. The situation was linked to broader instances of tolerance for extremist or racist behavior involving political figures and institutions.
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