An appeals court decided the Trump administration could fire the head of the Office of Special Counsel, granting a small victory to President Donald Trump as he takes aggressive measures to bring independent agencies in the executive branch under his purview.
The order by the three-judge panel in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit gives the Trump administration a temporary ability to remove Hampton Dellinger from his special counsel post while his lawsuit plays out. The panel of judges comprised a Biden, Trump, and H.W. Bush appointee.
“This order gives effect to the removal of appellee from his position as Special Counsel of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel,” the panel wrote. “Appellants have satisfied the stringent requirements for a stay
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