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Report on Trump nominee's "Nazi streak" text threatens Senate confirmation

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.


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