Maddowblog-Allegations against Paul Ingrassia, a key Trump nominee, become even more serious

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2. Key Trump nominee accused of sexual harassment

Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead the office investigating Jack Smith, has recently been investigated for harassing a colleague, Politico reports.

“Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him..”

— Anna Bower (@annabower.bsky.social) 2025-10-10T02:02:45.330Z

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/09/ingrassia-trump-harassment-dhs-00596545

The woman, a fellow Trump appointee, initially protested the room arrangement. But, not wanting to cause more of a scene around other colleagues, she relented, according to the officials. So the two, who knew each other previously as friends, went to the room and slept in separate beds. Ingrassia’s attorney said no last-minute changes were made to the hotel reservations.

What’s not disputed is that the two ended up sharing a room on the business trip, and that it resulted in an official investigation.

The fallout from the incident has been the talk of the upper echelons of DHS ever since. It adds to a swirl of controversy surrounding Ingrassia, a 30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination claims. Ingrassia would be two decades younger and less experienced than recent leaders of the agency.

Ingrassia’s nomination is already on the rocks after Republican senators raised concerns about his background and amount of experience, as well as possible antisemitism, which the administration has disputed.