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President Trump's nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel is under fire, just days

before he set to testify on his nomination to a Senate committee.

In a text chain obtained by Politico, Paul Ingrossia reportedly made racist remarks,

including saying the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be ended and, in his words,

tossed into the seventh circle of hell. He also admits to what he called a, quote,

Nazi streak in me from time to time. At least four Republican senators now say they oppose his

nomination, including Senate

Majority Leader John Thune. We're joined now by Jeff Charlotte, a professor at Dartmouth College

who studies rising extremism. Thanks for being with us. Hi, Jeff. Good to be with you.

So as we speak a little after 5 p.m. Eastern, the White House has not pulled this nomination,

even though

the Senate Majority Leader John Thune says he doesn't expect it to move forward. For people who've

not followed this story closely, who is Paul Ingracia and how do these leaked messages fit within

what is known about his worldview? Paul Ingracia is a 30-year-old Cornell Law School graduate.

Long time, no other word for extremist activist and has held a couple other positions.

He was White House liaison to Department of Justice.

And in that capacity, he was advocating

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