{"id":2502138,"date":"2025-10-23T06:55:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T10:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/failed-trump-nominees-find-homes-elsewhere-in-administration\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T06:59:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T10:59:46","slug":"failed-trump-nominees-find-homes-elsewhere-in-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/failed-trump-nominees-find-homes-elsewhere-in-administration\/","title":{"rendered":"Failed Trump nominees find homes elsewhere in administration"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffailed-trump-nominees-find-homes-elsewhere-in-administration%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2502138&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses how President Donald Trump is continuing to support adn retain loyalists within his administration despite facing significant political challenges and controversies around their nominations. Notably, Paul Ingrassia, a Trump nominee for U.S.special counsel, withdrew his nomination due to lack of Senate Republican support after revelations of his racist, sexist, and antisemitic comments. Despite his withdrawal, Ingrassia remains a White House liaison with the Department of Homeland Security. <\/p>\n<p>The article also highlights similar situations, such as Marko Elez, a staffer with access to Treasury payment systems, who faced backlash over <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >offensive social media comments<\/a> but was reinstated after defense from Vice President JD Vance. The retention of such figures has raised questions about the administration&#8217;s optics and hiring practices. Republican strategists acknowledge the political risks but note Trump&#8217;s tendency to stand by loyalists, while Democrats criticize the administration for ignoring conventional standards. <\/p>\n<p>Other examples include Ed Martin and Janette Nesheiwat, Trump nominees who withdrew amid controversy but remained in government roles. The piece reflects ongoing tensions within the administration regarding loyalty, public perception, and controversies linked to extremist or offensive remarks.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Senate confirmation-scarred Trump nominees find other homes in the administration<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2379619\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> is standing by politically problematic loyalists, keeping them in his administration despite, in some cases, congressional misgivings.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Ingrassia, Trump&rsquo;s nominee to become U.S. special counsel until this week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3859186\/trump-nominee-paul-ingrassia-hearing-leaked-texts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">withdrew his nomination on Tuesday<\/a>, one day before his delayed confirmation hearing, because he lacked support from Republican senators after reports from CNN and <em>Politico<\/em> about his past racist, sexist, and antisemitic comments.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3860760\/trump-entire-east-wing-demolished-ballroom\/\">Trump says entire East Wing to be demolished for ballroom construction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3858106\/trump-hosts-nato-secretary-turns-up-heat-russia\/\">Trump hosts NATO secretary as he turns up the heat on Russia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3860133\/trumpworld-retaliation-indiana-lawmakers-redistricting\/\">Trumpworld hints at retaliation for Indiana lawmakers opposed to redistricting<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I do have a Nazi streak in me from time to time, I will admit it,&rdquo; he wrote last year in a text message group chat with Republican strategists and influencers.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, at least at the time of publication, Ingrassia remains the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">White House&rsquo;s<\/a> liaison with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-homeland-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Department of Homeland Security<\/a> after being moved in February from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Department of Justice<\/a> following problems with Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pam-bondi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pam Bondi&rsquo;s<\/a> chief of staff.<\/p>\n<p>The White House did not respond to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>&rsquo;s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Ingrassia&rsquo;s withdrawal, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WakeUp2Politics\/status\/1980776628415287690\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump&rsquo;s 49th this year<\/a>, comes after the hiring, firing, and rehiring of Marko Elez, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-government-efficiency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Department of Government Efficiency<\/a> staffer under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a> who had administrator-level access to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/treasury-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. Treasury<\/a> payment systems that dispersed more than $5.45 trillion last fiscal year before he was terminated in February following a report from the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> regarding his own controversial comments.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I would not mind at all if Gaza and Israel were both wiped off the face of the Earth,&rdquo; he wrote in 2024 on a now-deleted anonymous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sickening-video-shows-antifa-allegedly-stab-4-trump-supporters-in-washington-dc\/\" title=\"Sickening Video Shows Antifa Allegedly Stab 4 ... ...ers in Washington DC\">social media account<\/a>. &ldquo;Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Elez was reinstated a day later after Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">JD Vance <\/a>defended him on his own social media account, despite Elez also saying, &ldquo;Normalize Indian hate.&rdquo; Vance&rsquo;s wife, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/usha-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Usha Vance<\/a>, is the country&rsquo;s first Asian American and Hindu American second lady. Trump expressed his support for Elez in a later press conference.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Republican strategist Charlie Black conceded that Trump keeping Ingrassia in the White House has created a political optics problem for his administration.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But they don&rsquo;t mind taking heat for their loyalists,&rdquo; the founding chairman of Prime Policy Group told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<strong> &ldquo;<\/strong>[They]  are already under pressure from the press.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>To that end, Republican strategist Alex Conant contended that if Democrats continued to underscore Ingrassia, &ldquo;eventually the president might be annoyed by the distraction and make a change.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But the Democrats haven&rsquo;t shown any ability to keep sustained attention on anything since Trump&rsquo;s term began,&rdquo; the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">communications director<\/a> for Secretary of State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\/\">Marco Rubio&rsquo;s<\/a> 2016 presidential campaign told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;Between the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/government-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shutdown<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2026-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">upcoming elections<\/a>, and Trump&rsquo;s daily announcements, it seems unlikely that this will stay at the top of the news for long.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Republican strategist Doug Heye was similarly uncertain whether Trump would relent to pressure related to Ingrassia; however, he had concerns about the White House&rsquo;s employment process.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It sure seems, &lsquo;Have you ever praised the Nazis?&rsquo; now has to be a part of the political job application process,&rdquo; the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-national-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Republican National Committee <\/a>communications director told the<em> Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic strategist Jim Manley said, &ldquo;In any other administration, someone like this would have a less than zero chance of continuing to serve after withdrawing his name from consideration to be confirmed by the Senate.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But the Trump folks don&rsquo;t play by the same rules as everyone else, and they sure as heck don&rsquo;t care about the optics of a guy like Ingrassia continuing to serve the president,&rdquo; the former communications director for the late Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/harry-reid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Harry Reid <\/a>(D-NV) told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;I mean, they have a real&nbsp; problem here &mdash; if they fire him for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/everything-harris-said-about-abortion-at-the-dnc-was-a-lie\/\" title=\"Everything Harris Said About Abortion At The DNC Was A Lie\">holding extremist views<\/a>, then a whole bunch of others are going to come under fire as well for holding the same extremist views.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Vance just last week defended the Young Republicans New York chapter&rsquo;s group chat, which involved state leaders and at least one Trump administration aide, that included questionable comments such as, &ldquo;I love Hitler.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The reality is that kids do stupid things, especially young boys,&rdquo; Vance said during an episode of <em>The Charlie Kirk Show<\/em> taped at the White House after Trump posthumously awarded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/charlie-kirk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kirk<\/a> the Presidential Medal of Freedom. &ldquo;They tell edgy, offensive jokes. That&rsquo;s what kids do. And I really don&rsquo;t want us to grow up in a country where a kid telling a stupid joke &mdash; telling a very offensive, stupid joke &mdash; is cause to ruin their lives.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The other optics issue created for Trump by Ingrassia&rsquo;s withdrawal is the administration&rsquo;s recent embrace of cancel culture. Vance, for example, last month implored people to report anyone welcoming Kirk&rsquo;s death to their respective employers. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/state-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">State Department<\/a> has canceled visas for the same reason as well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, President Ronald Reagan biographer Craig Shirley compared Ingrassia to the Democratic nominee to become Virginia&rsquo;s next attorney general, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jay-jones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jay Jones<\/a>. Jones sent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3854300\/hakeem-jeffries-jay-jones-leaked-texts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">text message<\/a>s in 2022 to a Virginia Republican lawmaker about shooting then-state House Speaker Todd Gilbert and wishing death upon his children.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The despicable and actionable comments of Jones in the VA AG race gives political cover to almost everybody,&rdquo; the former Republican strategist told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;The Left is losing at everything, and deep down they know our ideas are better than their ideas, which has led to their mindlessness, including opposing everybody and everything, regardless.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have simultaneously encountered another optics issue, this one with Maine Democratic U.S. Senate primary candidate Graham Platner, who has had to cover up a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3858840\/maine-senate-graham-platner-nazi-tattoo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nazi symbol tattoo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ingrassia&rsquo;s withdrawal also comes after Trump has found administration positions for other nominees whom the Senate would not have confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Ed Martin, Trump&rsquo;s former interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, is another nominee who did not have enough support to be confirmed by the Senate, withdrawing his candidacy in May after Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/thom-tillis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thom Tillis<\/a> (R-NC) announced he would not endorse him over comments regarding Jan. 6.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Days later, Martin announced he would become the Justice Department&rsquo;s pardon attorney, a position through which he has investigated the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/biden-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Biden administration&rsquo;s<\/a> pardons and former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joe Biden&rsquo;s<\/a> use of an autopen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3858857\/trump-easing-democratic-pressure-as-shutdown-deadline-approaches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>TRUMP KEEPS EASING DEMOCRATIC PRESSURE POINTS AS &lsquo;VERY REAL&rsquo; SHUTDOWN DEADLINE APPROACHES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The day before Martin&rsquo;s withdrawal, Trump&rsquo;s original nominee to become the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/surgeon-general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Surgeon General<\/a>, Janette Nesheiwat, withdrew her candidacy after conservative activist Laura Loomer emphasized discrepancies with her medical education. Nesheiwat claimed to have been educated at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, instead of the American University of the Caribbean.<\/p>\n<p>On the same day as her withdrawal, Nesheiwat announced she would stay at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/health-and-human-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Department of Health and Human Services<\/a> in a senior policy position, later becoming the chairwoman of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/maha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Make America Healthy Again<\/a> &ldquo;Make America Fentanyl Free&rdquo; initiative.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s controversial nominees stay in administration despite setbacks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2502139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25294781241441_9e5c15.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4106,5045,8163,5894,3634],"class_list":["post-2502138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-administration","tag-government","tag-nominees","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25294781241441_9e5c15.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2502138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2502138"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2502138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2502142,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2502138\/revisions\/2502142"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2502139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2502138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2502138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2502138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}