Dems demand Trump pull watchdog office nominee after reported 'racist' texts

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Source: The Hill

10/20/25 11:14 PM ET


Democrats in Congress called on President Trump to withdraw his nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) after a new report exposed text messages in which the nominee purportedly denounced the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and admitted to having a “Nazi streak in me from time to time.”

Rep. Bennie Thompson (Miss.) and Rep. Robert Garcia (Calif.) — the top Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, respectively — wrote a letter to the president on Monday urging him to dismiss Paul Ingrassia from federal service and to withdraw his nomination.

Ingrassia’s Senate confirmation hearing is scheduled for Thursday.

The pair of high-ranking Democrats pointed to the “racist messages” reported by Politico on Monday, which included allegations about past ties between Ingrassia, a former podcast host, and white nationalist Nick Fuentes. They also pointed to past reporting indicating Ingrassia was the subject of a sexual harassment investigation at the Department of Homeland Security, where he serves as the White House liaison. The woman who filed the initial sexual harassment complaint later withdrew it, Politico reported.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5564522-paul-ingrassia-osc-democrats-demand-nomination-withdrawal/

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Link to LETTER (PDF) - https://democrats-homeland.house.gov/imo/media/doc/102025president_trumpthompson_garcia_-_letter_to_president_trump_re_osc_ingrassia_nominationpdf.pdf

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1. Paul Ingrassia has withdrawn from his upcoming confirmation hearing to lead the Office of Special Counsel

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2. Trump's special counsel nominee withdraws from confirmation hearing

Paul Ingrassia, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, said he is withdrawing from his confirmation hearing this week because he does not have the votes to be confirmed, following reports that he texted other Republicans racist slurs and said he had “a Nazi streak.”

At least five Senate Republicans said they opposed Ingrassia’s nomination — enough to block his confirmation if all senators are voting — and no Democrats support him. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota) told reporters Monday that Ingrassia could not be confirmed and that he hoped the White House would withdraw the nomination.

Ingrassia said Tuesday that he would not appear in his confirmation hearing this week “because unfortunately I do not have enough Republican votes at this time.”

“I appreciate the overwhelming support that I have received throughout this process and will continue to serve President Trump and this administration to Make America Great Again!” he wrote on X.

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