As President Donald Trump's nominee for the Office of Special Counsel, Paul Ingrassia, looks headed for failure, his mother has jumped into the trenches to help him by storming the offices of Democratic lawmakers and demanding a meeting with them.
According to The Daily Beast, "Donna Gallo Ingrassia, a New York-based real estate agent, attempted to intervene on her 30-year-old son’s behalf by personally visiting the offices of Reps. Jamie Raskin and Robert Garcia, the top Democrats on the Judiciary and Oversight Committees."
Ingrassia previously wrote for a number of right-wing websites and served as a liaison for the Department of Homeland Security.
Raskin and Garcia, being members of the House, have no role in confirming Ingrassia, whose nomination is being considered by the Senate. However, they wrote a letter stating that “He is not simply unqualified — his confirmation would pose a direct threat to federal whistleblowers, the credibility of the OSC, and the integrity of our oversight institutions.”
According to the report, "Four days after the letter’s release, his mother reportedly knocked on the locked door of Raskin’s personal office, sources told NOTUS. 'When staff opened the doors, she said, ‘You may have heard of my son, Paul,’ and demanded a meeting with Raskin,' a source familiar with the encounter told the outlet."
She had to be turned away, with staffers explaining that Raskin was currently in D.C., after which she pestered Garcia's staff and accused them of writing "disparaging things" about her son.
“If dialogue is one sided and no one listens to one another, without communication, how in the world can anything be accomplished?” Ingrassia's mother wrote in a text message to NOTUS. “People hate and they do mot [sic] even know why they hate. Pride, jealousy, wrath, greed, sloth, envy. Deadly sins. Thank you for considering my thoughts.”
This comes after a series of damning details were released about Ingrassia, including that he was investigated for canceling a female coworker's hotel room to try to force her to share a room with him, and a series of racist text messages, including one in which Ingrassia said he has "a Nazi streak." Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) has come out opposed to the nomination, making it unlikely he will have the votes for confirmation.