The confirmation of Paul Ingrassia, President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the White House Office of Special Counsel, is in doubt after the publication of private text messages attributed to Ingrassia that said, among other things, “I do have a Nazi streak within me from time to time” and used racial slurs.

The messages were published by Politico , which earlier this month released a trove of incendiary messages exchanged among some members of Young Republicans groups. They also come as the Democratic candidate for attorney general in Virginia, Jay Jones, is under fire for violent text messages he has acknowledged he sent.

Edward Andrew Paltzik, an attorney representing Ingrassia, gave Politico a statement suggesting that the texts might not be authentic. But if they were, the sta

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