A Trump administration official with a history of inflammatory remarks is once again under fire after newly leaked texts appear to show him ranting about fellow Republicans for supporting ‘fat Jewish Zionists’, the Daily Mail can exclusively reveal.
In the explosive messages obtained by the Daily Mail, Paul Ingrassia, the then White House liaison to the Department of Homeland Security, lashes out in a group chat with other Trump aides, titled ‘Team DOJ/DHS/WH’.
The exchange – which took place around April 2025 – escalated after a Justice Department employee sent a text fuming: ‘How the f**k are we losing Wisconsin‘, before adding: ‘Republicans are so stupid and lazy.’
The complaint was likely referring to Wisconsin’s 2025 Supreme Court election, in which liberal circuit judge Susan Crawford defeated Catholic, Republican circuit judge and former state attorney general Brad Schimel.
Ingrassia, a 30-year-old attorney and Trump loyalist, then chimed in with an anti-Semitic comment taking aim at Florida congressman Randy Fine, a pro-Israel Republican who had been elected that same day.
‘It’s because our candidates are fat Jewish Zionist f**ks,’ Ingrassia replied, after sending an altered, unflattering image of Fine speaking at an event.
The photo showed Fine, a proudly Jewish candidate, addressing a crowd with a grotesquely bulging stomach and baggy jeans.
‘That’s our candidate?!?’ the DOJ staffer replied incredulously, apparently not recognizing the newly elected congressman representing Florida’s 6th congressional district.
Ingrassia’s lawyer Edward Andrew Paltzik said: ‘These accusations against Mr. Ingrassia are false and fabricated. No such group chat called ‘Team DOJ/DHS/WH’ exists on his phone.’
The Daily Mail has verified that the original photo of Fine was taken at an RNC meeting in Marion County, Florida in January 2025, but had been altered with AI to make him appear significantly larger.
In a statement to the Daily Mail, Fine said: ‘I hope these text messages are fake. But if they are not, I know President Trump has a zero tolerance for antisemitism and will fire those involved immediately.’
Ingrassia’s text tirade, leaked to the Daily Mail, is not the first example of Ingrassia getting embroiled in controversy over his remarks.
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