Former special counsel Hampton Dellinger said he was planning to pursue legal action to restore all fired probationary workers back to their posts before a court failed to keep him in his role.

That ruling said Dellinger, the head of the Office of Special Counsel, was entitled to stay at his post. “This order gives effect to the removal of appellee from his position as Special Counsel ...

As the head of the Office of Special Counsel, Hampton Dellinger had a triple target on his back from the start of Donald Trump’s presidency: He was a Joe Biden appointee, he was the head of one ...

Special counsel Hampton Dellinger, unaffiliated with the office that investigated Trump, spoke to CBS News after ending his legal battle to remain in his job. “I don’t think we have watchdog ...

Hampton Dellinger ended his legal battle to stay on as head of the Office of Special Counsel one day after a panel of judges on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the Trump ...

Hampton Dellinger, in a federal whistleblower protection entity called the Office of Special Counsel, made the announcement Monday. Just over a week ago, the probationary employees and their ...

The decision was the last in a back-and-forth legal saga that started when President Donald Trump attempted on Feb. 7 to fire Hampton Dellinger, the special counsel, whose job included prosecuting ...

The case of Hampton Dellinger, who served as a federal ethics watchdog overseeing whistleblower complaints, officially landed on the steps of the Supreme Court this week. If that seems fast — it is.

Trump filed an emergency appeal earlier this week asking the justices to unwind a lower-court order that reinstated Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger to his post. Dellinger runs the federal agency ...

The ruling from US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson is a win for the head of the Office of Special Counsel, Hampton Dellinger, who sued the Trump administration over his firing in a case that has ...

Hampton Dellinger, the head of the Office of Special Counsel, recommended pausing the mass firings of some probationary federal employees. By Abbie VanSickle Reporting from Washington A government ...