The Trump administration said ‘many Jewish groups’ support a controversial nominee — some have never heard of him

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CNN  —  In defending its nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, the government’s top watchdog, the Trump administration insisted to CNN last week that Paul Ingrassia, a 30 year-old lawyer with a history of racist rhetoric and ties to a Holocaust denier, had the backing of “many Jewish groups,” listing four. But when CNN reached out to those groups, most said the same thing: they don’t support Ingrassia — and, in some cases, don’t even know who he is. One went on the record to support