Judge blocks Trump from firing head of US agency that investigates corruption
by Robert Tait in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#6V8WK)
Ruling reinstates Hampton Dellinger to office of special counsel as president targets bureaucrats with mass layoffs
A judge blocked Donald Trump's attempt to fire the head of a body that protects whistleblowers and investigates corruption.
Late on Wednesday Judge Amy Berman Jackson reversed the White House order sacking Hampton Dellinger as head of the Office of Special Counsel (OSC), and reinstated him in his post pending a court hearing set for 26 February.
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