WASHINGTON >> Top U.S. Senate Republican John Thune has called for the Trump administration to pull its nomination of Paul Ingrassia to lead a federal watchdog agency, following a report that Ingrassia described himself as having a “Nazi streak.”

Ingrassia, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Office of Special Counsel, is set to face a committee hearing on his nomination on Thursday. Senate Majority Leader Thune’s remarks on Ingrassia marked a rare sign of opposition in a Republican-controlled Senate that has shown little interest in challenging Trump’s nominees and his agenda.

Ingrassia also denounced the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in private text messages, according to a report in Politico. “He’s not going to pass,” Thune told reporters on Monday night, according to media rep

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