Paul Ingrassia, President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, was accused of sexual harassment, Politico reported.
Ingrassia was investigated in connection with an incident in late July in which he told a lower-ranking female colleague on a business trip that she would be sharing a hotel room with him, Politico reported Thursday, citing five unnamed administration officials.
The woman, whom Politico did not name but identified as a Trump appointee, later “discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him,” three of those officials said, according to Politico.
She “initially protested” the arrangement, but relented in order to avoid causing a scene around other colleagues, Politico reported the officials saying. The two slept in separate beds in the room, according to Politico.
In a letter to Politico, a lawyer for Ingrassia denied the harassment allegations.
