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Appeals court allows removal of head of watchdog agency as legal battle rages over Trump firing

The Trump administration appealed to remove Hampton Dellinger, the head of the Office of Special Counsel, a federal watchdog agency, and a court initially prevented his removal.
A federal appeals court granted the Trump administration's request to remove Dellinger while the case is reviewed, allowing his removal from the position.
The case is likely to reach the Supreme Court for a final decision on whether the president has the power to fire the head of the Office of Special Counsel.

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Anadolu Ajansı

Trump wins temporary victory in legal fight to fire head of independent agency

Hampton Dellinger was fired after launching probe into president's controversial mass firings of federal employees - Anadolu Ajansı

2 hours ago·Ankara, Türkiye

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The Last Refuge

DC Appellate Court Reverses DC Judge Berman-Jackson, President Trump Has Authority to Remove Special Counsel Dellinger - The Last Refuge

The DC federal appeals court has reversed a ruling by U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson issued Saturday. The appeals court is confirming [pdf Decision Here] that President Donald Trump has the executive power to fire Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger. Dellinger was fighting President Trump’s effort to reform the bureaucracy in DC and fire officials […]

5 hours ago

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WLKY

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Appeals court allows Trump to remove federal watchdog head

An appeals court has removed the head of a federal watchdog agency in the latest twist in a legal fight over Republican President Donald Trump's authority to fire the special counsel.

6 hours ago·Louisville, United States

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Reason

DC Circuit Allows Removal of Special Counsel Dellinger Pending Appeal

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has granted the Trump Administration's emergency motion for a stay pending appeal in Dellinger v. Bessent, the case challenging President Trump's removal of Hampton Dellinger as the Special Counsel of the Office of Special Counsel. As the order notes: This order gives effect to the removal of appellee from his position as Special Counsel of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel. Appella…

7 hours ago·United States

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VOA News

Appeals court allows removal of watchdog in legal fight over Trump firing

Appeals court will continue to consider legal arguments in the case; Hampton Dellinger is likely to appeal to the US Supreme Court

7 hours ago·United States

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Boston Globe

Appeals court allows removal of head of watchdog agency as legal battle rages over Trump firing. Follow live updates. - The Boston Globe

The special counsel sued President Trump after he was fired even though the law says special counsels can be removed by the president "only for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office."

7 hours ago·Boston, United States

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