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M.B. Mack

Judge Reinstates Head of Federal Anti-Corruption Agency Who Trump Tried to Fire

U.S. President Donald Trump, beneath a portrait of populist President Andrew Jackson, speaks before the swearing-in of Rex Tillerson as 69th secretary of state in the Oval Office of the White House on February 1, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Credit: Getty Images)

A federal judge has reinstated Hampton Dellinger as head of the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) after President Donald Trump attempted to fire him without cause.

Judge Amy Berman Jackson's ruling on February 13, blocks Trump's removal of Dellinger, arguing that Congress specifically protected the role from political influence, The Guardian reported.

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