President Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, Paul Ingrassia, withdrew from consideration Tuesday following widespread backlash over a slew of racist texts. Ingrassia texted a group of Republicans that he has a “Nazi streak,” adding that the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell.” After the texts were made public by Politico on Monday, several Republican senators said they would not support his nomination, including Senate Majority Leader John Thune.
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