U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled on Wednesday that a previous order barring President Donald Trump from firing the head of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel will be extended until Saturday, March 1.
“It is incumbent upon this Court to resolve this matter even more expeditiously than the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure would ordinarily permit; and the Court will do so,” she wrote. “Given the significance of the constitutional questions presented, though, it is also incumbent upon the Court to give full consideration to all of the arguments advanced during today’s hearing before it finalizes its opinion.”
On Feb. 10, Hampton Dellinger sued the Trump administration saying he was illegally dismissed, arguing that special counsels can be removed by the president “only for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.”
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