A federal judge blocked the firing of Hampton Dellinger as head of the Office of Special Counsel, stating his termination under the Trump administration was “unlawful.”
Dellinger sued President Donald Trump last month after he received a February 7 email notifying him of his termination. His firing was without cause, which he argued violated a law that says the president can remove the special counsel for “only for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.”
