Trump Grants Watchdog Role To Host Of Podcast That Promoted 'Martial Law,' 'Secession'
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The president said he is nominating the far-right Paul Ingrassia to lead the Office of Special Counsel.
President Donald Trump on Thursday nominated Paul Ingrassia, a 30-year-old former right-wing podcast host, to head the Office of Special Counsel, a federal agency in charge of protecting government whistleblowers and enforcing ethics rules.
Ingrassia’s brief tenure in the Trump administration began earlier this year with a liaison role between the White House and Justice Department, including attending the release of some Capitol rioters in January. He was reportedly reassigned after clashing with another official over “loyalty” to Trump and currently serves as the White House’s liaison to the Department of Homeland Security.
For several years, Ingrassia hosted a podcast with his sister, Olivia Ingrassia, called “Right on Point,” which featured discussions with right-wing political commentators and appears to have ended in June 2020.
A Twitter account promoting the podcast, however, tweeted on: In December 2020, amid Trump’s increasingly desperate battle to cling to the office of the presidency, the account posted that it was “time” for Trump to “declare martial law and secure his re-election.”
The same month, the account said that “secession is the ONLY option for true Americans” if Trump’s effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election failed.
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