President Trump's nominee to head the Office of Special Counsel is in jeopardy after Politico reported he told fellow Republicans in a text chain that he has a "Nazi streak" and that Martin Luther King Jr.'s holiday should be "tossed into the seventh circle of hell."
Why it matters: If enough Senate Republicans join Democrats in opposing Paul Ingrassia's embattled nomination, it could force Trump to withdraw it or face the prospect of an embarrassing defeat.