A federal judge ordered the head of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel to be reinstated after he was fired by the Trump administration last week.
Hampton Dellinger sued President Donald Trump on Monday, saying he was illegally dismissed as part of the administration’s house-cleaning and argued that special counsels can be removed by the president “only for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.”
“That email made no attempt to comply with the Special Counsel’s for-cause removal protection,” Dellinger’s lawsuit read. “It stated simply: ‘On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I am writing to inform you that your position as Special Counsel of the US Office of Special Counsel is terminated, effective immediately.'”
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