Trump's nominee to lead watchdog agency withdraws after controversial text messages
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President Donald Trump's pick to lead a federal watchdog agency withdrew his nomination from consideration on Thursday evening.
Paul Ingrassia withdrew from the Office of Special Counsel after Politico reported a text chat of him saying Martin Luther King Jr. Day should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell." He also said that he could have a "Nazi streak."
Ingrassia's lawyer did not confirm or deny to Politico that the messages were real. His lawyer said they could have been manipulated or missing context.
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