Trump picks Paul Ingrassia to head U.S. Office of Special Counsel

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5. His resume...

Ingrassia has minimal legal experience: He served as a law clerk at Kasowitz Benson Torres for six months, then served as a summer associate for five months and law clerk for six months at New York-based law firm McBride. Ingrassia graduated from Fordham University—which Trump also attended before transferring to the University of Pennsylvania—in 2017 and Cornell Law School in 2022.

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Ingrassia is a far-right political commentator who has written for The Daily Caller and The Gateway Pundit. Following the 2020 election, Ingrassia called for Trump to declare martial law to stay in office and even called for secession if efforts to overturn the election failed, CNN reported. He also denounced several conservatives who opposed violent measures to keep Trump in power.

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Throughout his short legal career, the young Republican and far-right Substack author also represented alleged human trafficker and self-proclaimed misogynist Andrew Tate, The Hill reported. He also pushed for white supremacist Nick Fuentes to be reinstated on X after he was banned for hate speech and antisemitic views. Ingrassia called it a First Amendment issue in a Substack post called “Free Nick Fuentes.”

Ingrassia worked for the New York-based McBride law firm, which pledged to combat “the Department of Justice’s malicious prosecution and horrific treatment of January 6th Detainees,” according to ABC News.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-picks-far-right-conspiracist-as-government-watchdog/

I think the chances of US democracy surviving just got a lot lower.. There is nothing this crackpot of a President will not stoop to..