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The Federal Judge who just went after @DOGE is married to the attorney representing Hampton Dellinger in his lawsuit against the Trump administration. She was also Lisa Page's personal attorney during a GOP inquiry into her efforts to smear President Trump with the Russia Collusion Hoax with Peter Strozk. How is this not a conflict of interest!?

The DC Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision in the Hampton Dellinger case even though he did everything to stop the court. The DC Circuit court judges Henderson (George W. Bush appointee), Millett (Obama appointee), and Walker (Trump appointee) ruled against Dellinger. The Appeals Court, citing Seila Law and Collins, claimed the government satisfied its burden and said it would likely succeed in arguing the US President has the power to remove the head of an agency with a single top officer. “On the first factor, the government has satisfied its burden. “[T]he Constitution prohibits even ‘modest restrictions’ on...

Hampton Dellinger has finally backed down and ended his legal battle against President Trump. President Trump fired Hampton Dellinger, the Special Counsel for the Office of Special Counsel last month, however, the Biden holdover continued to fight Trump in court and was successful because the case was assigned to a corrupt Obama judge. However, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday evening allowed President Trump’s firing of Hampton Dellinger to proceed. The appeals court granted a motion to stay Judge Amy Berman Jackson’s order reinstating the Biden holdover. The three judge panel included: Henderson (George W. Bush appointee), Millett...

The DC Circuit Court of Appeals has allowed President Trump to re-fire Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger pending the disposition of Dellinger's lawsuit for reinstatement. This is a very important decision as it overturns the order by District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson forcing the Trump administration to reinstate Dellinger (DC Circuit Court Judge Orders OMB, Treasury to Reinstate Legally Protected Official Who Trump Fired – RedState).The backstory is that Dellinger, according to statute, can only be removed from office “for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.” Trump fired Dellinger using a recent Supreme Court precedent as the rationale....

Emboldened by the Supreme Court’s refusal to intervene, fired Biden holdover Hampton Dellinger is now fighting to reinstate 5000+ probationary workers fired by the Trump Administration. The Trump Administration recently fired thousands of probationary workers at the Department of Agriculture. President Trump fired Hampton Dellinger, Special Counsel of the Office of Special Counsel (not to be confused with a special counsel hired as a federal prosecutor) a few weeks ago. However, after several weeks of back-and-forth in the courts, corrupt Obama Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled in favor of Hampton Dellinger on Saturday and entered a judgment declaring his firing...

Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 @julie_kelly2 Obama appointee and shameless Trump hater Judge Amy Berman Jackson last night issued the order we all expected--she declared the president's firing of Hampton Dellinger, head of Office of Special Counsel, was unlawful. (Reading thru her accompanying 67-page opinion now) 7:52 AM · Mar 2, 2025

Corrupt Obama Judge Amy Berman Jackson extended a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) reinstating fired Biden holdover Hampton Dellinger after a dramatic hearing on Wednesday. .... Snip.... Emboldened by the Supreme Court’s refusal to intervene, Hampton Dellinger is causing problems and attacking President Trump’s decision to terminate “probationary” employees. In a statement released on Monday, Hampton Dellinger said some of Trump’s firings of probationary employees appear to be illegal. “Last Friday, Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger filed initial requests to “stay,” or pause, the apparently impermissible terminations of six probationary employees across various executive branch agencies. The requests, filed with the U.S....

Hampton Dellinger, the head of the Office of Special Counsel, was appointed by former President Joe Biden The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday paused the Trump administration's efforts to dismiss the head of an independent agency charged with investigating whistleblower claims as the president seeks to remake the federal government.

On Tuesday Chief Justice Roberts ordered fired Biden holdover Hampton Dellinger to respond to the Trump Administration’s application to the Supreme Court. Hampton Dellinger must respond by Wednesday. President Trump on Sunday filed an emergency appeal with the US Supreme Court after corrupt Obama judge Amy Berman Jackson reinstated Hampton Dellinger as head of the Office of Special Counsel. President Trump fired Hampton Dellinger, Special Counsel of the Office of Special Counsel (not to be confused with a special counsel hired as a federal prosecutor) a couple of weeks ago. Trump appointed Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins to take over...

Hunter Biden helped the U.S. law firm that employed him secure a lucrative retainer with Burisma Holdings a decade ago, and its lawyers proceeded to draft a 58-page plan to try to extricate the controversial energy company from an ongoing criminal investigation in Ukraine that relied heavily on trying to influence his father’s administration in Washington, according to evidence gathered by the FBI. The “legal defense plan” memo by Boies Schiller & Flexner, obtained by Just the News, was part of a collection of 3.39 million pages of evidence that federal agents seized during the 2016 election as part of...

Trump Seeks Emergency SCOTUS Stay Of District Court TRO Preventing Termination of Senior Employee District Court prevented termination of Hampton Dellinger as head of the Office of Special Counsel. Emergency Application: “The United States now seeks this Court’s intervention because these judicial rulings irreparably harm the Presidency by curtailing the President’s ability to manage the Executive Branch in the earliest days of his Administration….” Posted by William A. Jacobson Sunday, February 16, 2025 at 05:52pm 3 Comments I’ve been arguing since the Democrats’ pre-planned lawfare campaign started that the Trump administration needed to start getting cases to the Supreme Court...

The Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to permit the firing of the head of the federal agency dedicated to protecting whistleblowers, according to documents obtained Sunday that would mark the first appeal to the justices since President Donald Trump took office. The emergency appeal is the start of what probably will be a steady stream from lawyers for the Republican president and his administration seeking to undo lower court rulings that have slowed his second-term agenda. The Justice Department's filing obtained by The Associated Press asks the conservative-majority court to lift a judge's court order temporarily reinstating Hampton Dellinger...

The DC Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday evening said the Trump Administration could not appeal an administrative stay entered by corrupt Obama Judge Amy Berman Jackson. Another Biden holdover in the Executive Branch caught up in President Trump’s firing spree filed a lawsuit to get his job back – and a corrupt Obama judge sided with him earlier this week.

A federal judge temporarily reinstalled the head of the Office of the Special Counsel, allowing Hampton Dellinger to return to his post after he was fired Friday by President Trump. The order from Judge Amy Berman Jackson temporarily rebuffs Dellinger’s firing, allowing him to return to work through the end of the day Thursday. Dellinger sued Monday after he said he was fired from his post “in a one-sentence email,” removing him from an office that helps protect whistleblowers. Dellinger, a Biden appointee, said the move violates his appointment to a five-year term in the office.

Democrat President Joe Biden has nominated his son Hunter’s former business associate to serve as special counsel. Biden nominated Hampton Dellinger who previously worked alongside Hunter while he served on the board of Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings. The White House announced the move in a Tuesday press release. Dellinger will replace Henry Kerner, whose term as the position’s current occupant expires. The Office of Special Counsel is primarily responsible for safeguarding the “merit system by protecting federal employees and applicants from prohibited personnel practices, especially reprisal for whistleblowing,” its website states. Dellinger was previously nominated by Biden as an...