Paul J. Ingrassia, nominee to pb the Office of Special Counsel.
Source: DHS
Paul Ingrassia, President Donald Trump's nominee to caput the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, was accused of intersexual harassment, Politico reported.
Ingrassia was investigated successful transportation with an incidental successful precocious July successful which helium told a lower-ranking pistillate workfellow connected a concern travel that she would beryllium sharing a edifice country with him, Politico reported Thursday, citing 5 unnamed medication officials.
The woman, whom Politico did not sanction but identified arsenic a Trump appointee, aboriginal "discovered that Ingrassia had arranged up of clip to person her edifice country canceled truthful she would person to enactment with him," 3 of those officials said, according to Politico.
She "initially protested" the arrangement, but relented successful bid to debar causing a country astir different colleagues, Politico reported the officials saying. The 2 slept successful abstracted beds successful the room, according to Politico.
In a missive to Politico, a lawyer for Ingrassia denied the harassment allegations.
"Mr. Ingrassia has ne'er harassed immoderate coworkers — pistillate oregon otherwise, sexually oregon different — successful transportation with immoderate employment," the attorney, Edward Paltzik, wrote.
Paltzik said that portion the 2 did stock a edifice country connected the trip, Ingrassia did not cancel the woman's preservation and "no enactment engaged successful inappropriate behavior."
In a antithetic missive to CNBC, Paltzik said Ingrassia "did not prosecute successful immoderate wrongdoing successful transportation with the matters reported."
The pistillate filed a quality resources ailment against him but retracted it days aboriginal retired of fearfulness of retaliation, 3 officials told Politico.
An HR probe into Ingrassia cleared him, Paltzik and a DHS spokesperson told Politico.
The pistillate told Politico successful a connection that she "never felt uncomfortable" astir Ingrassia's behaviour and that she ne'er made a complaint.
The White House did not instantly respond to CNBC's requests for remark connected Politico's report.
Trump nominated Ingrassia, a 30-year-old lawyer and existent White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, to pb the Office of Special Counsel aft firing Hampton Dellinger, an appointee of President Joe Biden.
Dellinger had reportedly opposed the layoffs of national employees ordered by Trump's alleged Department of Government Efficiency. Dellinger challenged his dismissal successful a suit but aboriginal dropped the suit.
In his relation arsenic White House liaison, Ingrassia has pushed for the hiring of candidates astatine the Department of Justice who amusement "exceptional loyalty" to Trump, ABC News earlier reported.
Ingrassia's chances of being confirmed to pb OSC appeared to falter successful July, erstwhile Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said helium would not backmost Trump's pick.
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