President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel said he is withdrawing from his confirmation hearing on Thursday because he doesn’t have the Republican votes “at this time.”
“I will be withdrawing myself from Thursday’s HSGAC hearing to lead the Office of Special Counsel because unfortunately I do not have enough Republican votes at this time,” Paul Ingrassia posted on social media Tuesday night.
His post came hours after Senate Majority Leader John Thune hinted that the White House would pull Ingrassia’s nomination following reports of racist text messages that he allegedly sent to a group chat. “I think they’ll have something official to say about that, but you know what we’ve said, and you’ll probably be hearing from them soon,” he told reporters at th
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