White House insiders have spoken out about the behind-the-scenes carnage that’s seen more of Donald Trump’s political nominations fail than those of any other president since the early 1980s.

“Would I say some vetting has been questionable? One thousand percent,” one official close to the Oval Office told Politico on Monday, describing Paul Ingrassia’s nomination for Office of Special Counsel chief in particular as “a vetting nightmare that was only allowed to happen based on certain relationships and acquaintances with people that are making the decisions.”

Ingrassia, whose mother had lobbied hard for him to be given the gig, withdrew his nomination last month after top Republicans said they’d no longer vote to confirm him following a leak of text messages in which the White House aide

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