A guy with a “Nazi streak” was Trump’s loyalty enforcer at DOJ

Paul Ingrassia (center), then-White House liaison to the Justice Department on January 20, 2025, in Washington, DC. | Pete Kiehart/Washington Post via Getty In a recently leaked group chat, it was revealed that a Republican operative named Paul Ingrassia referred to himself as having a “Nazi streak.” The leak is just one among many recent signs that this kind of radical and incendiary rhetoric has become increasingly normalized among some up-and-coming Republican staffers. But Ingrassia isn’t just any other MAGA edgelord; he is President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Office of S