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.

I strongly disagree with the circuit court’s decision, but I accept and will abide by it. That’s what Americans do,” Hampton Dellinger said.

A judge appointed by former President Barack Obama has voted to allow President Donald Trump to fire a special counsel while an appeal court is considering the case. Trump fired special counsel Hampton Dellinger,

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled on Saturday that Office of Special Counsel head Hampton Dellinger can remain in his role after President Donald Trump tried to terminate him without clear cause.

Hampton Dellinger, appointed by former President Joe Biden to head the Office of Special Counsel, sued the Trump administration in Washington, D.C., federal court after his Feb. 7 firing.

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — The head of a federal watchdog ... U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson sided with Hampton Dellinger, who leads the Office of Special Counsel, in a legal battle over ...

The request for the halt was issued Friday by Hampton Dellinger ... it in early February by firing Dellinger. He was reinstated by a U.S. district judge in D.C. Trump’s lawyers have appealed ...

President Donald Trump’s effort to remove the head of a federal watchdog agency was “unlawful,” a federal judge in Washington, D.C., said ... s bid to remove Hampton Dellinger as the head ...