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A federal judge has declared President Donald Trump‘s attempt to dismiss a federal workforce watchdog to be unlawful.
What Happened: Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled on Saturday that Hampton Dellinger, the chief of the Office of Special Counsel, is entitled to serve out his five-year term. This ruling comes despite Trump’s attempt to oust him via email last month.
A law that has been in effect for over four decades stipulates that the special counsel can only be dismissed on grounds of “inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.”
The Justice Department …
