President Donald Trump has tapped Paul Ingrassia, the unsuccessful nominee to run the Office of Special Counsel, to become deputy general counsel of the General Services Administration, which oversees federal real estate.
Ingrassia — who is currently the Department of Homeland Security liaison to the White House — withdrew his OSC nomination last month after several GOP senators said they could not support him following reports that he texted other Republicans racist slurs and said he had “a Nazi streak.” He also was subject to a sexual harassment investigation in recent months, according to Politico.
President Donald Trump has tapped Paul Ingrassia, the unsuccessful nominee to run the Office of Special Counsel, to become deputy general counsel of the General Services Administration, which oversees federal real estate.
Ingrassia — who is currently the Department of Homeland Security liaison to the White House — withdrew his OSC nomination last month after several GOP senators said they could not support him following reports that he texted other Republicans racist slurs and said he had “a Nazi streak.” He also was subject to a sexual harassment investigation in recent months, according to Politico.
Ingrassia, who was admitted to the New York bar last year, also faced opposition from more than two dozen groups that advocate for federal workers because of his lack of experience and history of controversial statements.
Ingrassia’s new position was confirmed by a White House official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to preview personnel changes. The move was first reported by Politico on Thursday.
The GSA press office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The agency’s website lists the general counsel as Russell “Rusty” McGranahan, who got the job in January after three decades at several companies and law firms.
Although Ingrassia has little legal experience, he has been a vocal Trump supporter for years, writing columns for the far-right blog Gateway Pundit and appearing on Right Side Broadcasting Network.
Ingrassia has also expressed deep fondness for Trump’s buildings and real estate experience and has sharply criticized Washington’s buildings. In a post soon after the 2024 election, he suggested it would be a brilliant idea if Trump ran the country from his Florida home because “Mar-a-Lago is more regal and majestic than the White House anyway.”
“Much of DC looks like it was designed by bureaucrats and lawyers, and lacks the beauty and grace of a vibrant and dynamic society,” Ingrassia wrote. “Much of it should be bulldozed and built up from scratch.”
Ingrassia has also criticized construction regulations. In one X post, he said “it took only 13 months to build the Empire State Building in 1931” and “it’s absolutely unthinkable that any building, especially one so large and grand, can be constructed in so short a period of time today.”
“Cut the red tape and pointless regulations, which are communistic to the core because they prevent developers from building art deco masterpieces that make cities beautiful and uplift the soul from the crushing, ugly morass of modernity!” he wrote.
Ingrassia could play a role in Trump’s efforts to redesign government buildings in neoclassical styles, which Ingrassia has also supported.
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