CNN —
The man President Donald Trump wants to put in charge of protecting whistleblowers – and rooting out government corruption – is a 30-year-old lawyer with barely a year of government experience and a history of racist invective, conspiratorial rants, and affinity for a well-known White nationalist and Holocaust denier.
Paul Ingrassia, whom Trump nominated in late May to lead the Office of Special Counsel, brands himself as “President Trump’s favorite writer” after Trump shared his comments close to 100 times last year on social media.
Admitted to the bar only last summer, Ingrassia, 30, held a brief White House internship during Trump’s first term. This year, Ingrassia first worked as a White House liaison at the Justice Department before reportedly being pushed out and reassigned to the Department of Homeland Security, where he helps with staffing the agency.
Now, Ingrassia is up for a much bigger job leading the approximately 110-person OSC. Created after the Watergate scandal, the office has for nearly 50 years been the US government’s one-stop shop for whistleblowers and alleged ethics violations.
The five-year term for the job is structured to span multiple administrations, designed specifically to operate independently from the White House. It also requires Senate confirmation. Ingrassia has yet to be scheduled for a confirmation hearing, leaving US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer to continue serving in the role in an acting capacity.
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