Nazis Entering The Picture In Washington

 Nadene Goldfoot                                                  

  Husseini, Grand Mufti of Jerusalem before 1948, was also friends with Nazis; and now we have Americans falling for their line again. The Anti-Defamation League reports on its in-depth investigation into the membership of the National Socialist Movement (NSM) in America, which resulted in the complete or partial identification of just over 300 of the group's approximately 500 members and close associates nationwide.

There have been several recent news reports about Trump's associations with individuals accused of expressing antisemitic, white nationalist, or pro-Nazi views, many of whom are younger Republicans. These include:                             

Paul Joseph Ingrassia (born May 13, 1995) age 30,  is an American attorney and political commentator who has served as the White House liaison to the United States Department of Homeland Security since 2025. "Special Counsel of the United States" can refer to two distinct roles: the head of the Office of Special Counsel (OSC), which protects federal employees from retaliation, or a special counsel appointed by the Department of Justice to investigate specific cases, such as the one investigating the president, like Jack Smith. The OSC Special Counsel focuses on a range of prohibited personnel practices against government employees, including whistleblowing, and is appointed for a five-year term. A DOJ special counsel is a temporary, independent prosecutor appointed to investigate sensitive matters where there is a conflict of interest for the usual prosecuting authority. 

Ingrassia's tenure in the administration has been marked by controversy, including public reports about Ingrassia's racist text messages that led several Republican senators to oppose his nomination as Special Counsel of the United States. His appointment was postponed following public backlash over his lack of legal experience, rumored association with neo-Nazis, and prior comments denigrating federal workers.

Paul Ingrassia

• In October 2025, Politico reported on leaked text messages from 2017 in which Trump's nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, 30-year-old Paul Ingrassia, expressed racist and antisemitic views.
• In one text, Ingrassia wrote that he had a "Nazi streak," while in another, he suggested that the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be "tossed into the seventh circle of hell".
• The New York Times reported that Republicans were raising opposition to his nomination as a result.  What's the Democrats waiting for?  
• At least four Republican senators, including the Senate majority leader, signaled their opposition to Paul Ingrassia, the president’s pick to lead the Office of Special Counsel.

• Ingrassia has worked at Joseph D. McBride's law firm, The McBride Law Firm, representing clients accused of having participated in the January 6 Capitol attack. As noted in The Daily Dot, Ingrassia varied the way he represented his title and position at The McBride Law Firm, referring to himself as an "Associate Attorney," an "Associate," and a "Law Clerk" at various times on his personal Substack blog and social media channels in the period before he was admitted to the bar in New York. Despite not being a member of the bar, Ingrassia purported to represent Andrew Tate in his legal affairs. A press release from The McBride Law Firm issued July 19, 2023 called Ingrassia an Associate Attorney and member of Andrew Tate's "Legal Team."

  Ingrassia was admitted to the New York bar as an attorney on July 30, 2024.                                 

  

Timothy Hale-Cusanelli of New Jersey

• In September 2024, NPR reported that Trump's Bedminster golf club twice hosted convicted January 6 rioter Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, whom federal prosecutors have described as a "Nazi sympathizer" and a "white supremacist".
• He was an army reservist who had stormed the capitol and sentenced to 4 years from January 6th now making the news.  He claimed to the judge that he didn't know that Congress met at the Capitol, and the judge wouldn't buy it.  

•   At the time of the Capitol breach, Hale-Cusanelli was enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserves. Hale-Cusanelli worked as a contractor at a naval weapons station, where he had a “secret” security clearance, and has since been barred from the facility.

              Hale-Cusanelli was arrested on Jan. 15, 2021. He was found guilty by a jury on May 27, 2022, of a felony charge of obstruction of an official proceeding, and four related misdemeanors: entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly conduct in a Capitol Building, and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol Building. At sentencing today, the Court found that Hale-Cusanelli obstructed justice during the trial, when he made certain statements under oath, and applied an enhancement to the sentence. Following his prison term, Hale-Cusanelli will be placed on three years of supervised release. He also must pay $2,000 in restitution.

  
  By the end of World War II, the association with Nazi leader Adolf Hitler made it unfashionable, leading to it being colloquially termed the "Hitler moustache".It is arguably illegal in Germany if you are doing it specifically to glorify or emulate Adolf Hitler. Being a neo-nazi is  illegal there.  Hale-Cusanelli has a history of making antisemitic comments and was pictured sporting a "Hitler mustache".Nazi sympathizer and Army reservist who stormed the Capitol sentenced to 4 years in Jan. 6 case. Federal prosecutors sought 6½ years in prison for Timothy Hale-Cusanelli of New Jersey. A judge called his claim he didn’t know Congress met at the Capitol a "risible lie."
• Following the reports, Jewish groups raised concerns about Hale-Cusanelli being given a prominent platform at the event.
• Even as he has made inroads with non-white voters, Trump has consistently drawn support from white nationalist and extremist groups while using racially divisive rhetoric. He promoted the false claim that Barack Obama, the nation’s first Black president, was not born in the U.S. In his 2024 campaign, he suggested immigrants commit violent crimes because “it’s in their genes,” a remark condemned by many as racist.
  Stout said his group opposes violence. Yet the Aryan Freedom Network openly advocates preparing for a “Racial Holy War.” It promotes white superiority ideology, seeks to unify elements of the broader white nationalist movement and actively recruits former members of other extremist groups.
  The Trump administration has scaled back efforts to counter domestic 
• extremism, redirecting resources toward immigration enforcement and
•  citing the southern border as the top security threat. The Federal 
• Bureau of Investigation has reduced staffing in its Domestic Terrorism Operations Section. The Department of Homeland Security has cut personnel in its violence prevention office.
• Around the country today, a more true form of democratic socialism is not only taking form but growing in the form of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). Following last year's election and the rise of self-proclaimed democratic socialist and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), the group has reportedly seen its membership grow to about 25,000 people, according to The Guardian.
• Resource:  
• https://www.newsweek.com/nazis-democrats-socialists-alt-right-650572
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