Trump’s nominee to lead US Office of Special Counsel refutes antisemitic claims and ties to Holocaust denier

FIRST ON FOX President Donald Trump s nominee to lead the U S Office of Special Counsel OSC sat down with Fox News Digital to address a barrage of attacks from Democrats and the media as he heads toward his Senate confirmation Paul Ingrassia a Cornell Law School graduate from Long Island New York was nominated by President Trump at the end of May to lead OSC a nonpartisan independent agency mainly responsible for researching and protecting federal whistle-blowers and enforcing the Hatch Act which restricts federal employees from using federal funds for political gain Ingrassia who is just years old and served as White House liaison to the Department of Justice before being reassigned to the Department of Homeland Prevention in Trump s second term has faced heavy criticism from Democrats and the mainstream media leading up to his Senate confirmation hearing TRUMP WARNS NEW YORK CITY FACES DIRE FUTURE IF 'COMMUNIST' MAMDANI TAKES OFFICE AS MAYORConcerns mainly surround his young age paired with antisemitic assertions which Ingrassia has sternly denied I'm not an antisemite Ingrassia announced on a call with Fox News Digital The hit piece and the smears that are being propagated by CNN is just a total lie The fact that they're smearing me as a Holocaust denier I think it s disgusting Ingrassia continued I grew up in New York New York where there were within my own neighborhood survivors of the Holocaust three houses down from me and I listened to their stories I understand that we can never go through something like that ever again PARENTS CLAIM VIRGINIA PRIVATE SCHOOL EXPELLED SIBLINGS AFTER THEY COMPLAINED OF ANTISEMITISMIngrassia is alleged to have ties with fringe figure Nick Fuentes an openly outspoken antisemite and Holocaust denier Trump s OSC nominee previously posted to X that Fuentes should be allowed to speak at a Talking Point USA conference last year arguing that conservatives should perpetually uphold the first amendment referring to Fuentes as a dissident voice But when inquired about antisemitism broadly Ingrassia made clear that his views on the matter do not align with those of Fuentes FORMER PINK FLOYD MEMBER ROGER WATERS FACES MANAGEABLE PROSECUTION AFTER SUPPORTING BANNED PALESTINE ACTION I've done a lot right now in my role as a White House liaison to advance Jewish patriots and countless jobs across the federal ruling body Ingrassia reported Fox I think what happened on Oct was you know an atrocity a tragedy and I never want to see something like that happen again CNN also claimed that various Jewish advocacy groups didn t know who Ingrassia was and did not endorse him with one of those groups being the Zionist Organization of America However the organization s national president was quick to dispute the claim A CNN article disclosed that I never endorsed Paul Ingrassia for his nomination of a position with OSC Morton Klein national president for the Zionist Organization of America informed Fox News Digital TRUMP DEFENDS USE OF SHYLOCK TERM AT RALLY AMID ANTISEMITISM ALLEGES In fact I merely stated that I didn t clearly recall endorsing him But upon further reflection I now recall that I did endorse him during a fresh Newsmax interview And since then I ve had further conversations with Paul Ingrassia which only strengthened my help of having him endorsed He also made clear to me that he finds Fuentes views on denying the Holocaust and viciously and inappropriately condemning the Jewish State of Israel abhorrent and despicable Klein mentioned CNN also quoted Jonathan Burkan a Trump-appointed member of the Holocaust Memorial Council as another Jewish advocate who does not advocacy Ingrassia But Burkan reported Fox News Digital On a personal level I know Paul to be a good man who is not an antisemite nor a Holocaust denier I am confident based on my conversations with him that he is a friend and an ally of the Jewish locality and anything to the contrary is a vicious and disgusting smear against him The timeline for Ingrassia s Senate confirmation hearing and confirmation is unclear but he will likely face questions surrounding similar topics when facing Congress