A lower court temporarily reinstated Hampton Dellinger, head of the Office of Special Counsel, after he sued the administration this month for firing him.

The Trump Administration sees the lower court's ruling as a barrier to installing their own leader of the office, framing it as an encroachment of executive power by the courts

A federal judge reined in President Donald Trump’s firing spree Monday, ruling that a federal ethics watchdog can return to his job for at least a few days while the judge receives more detailed legal arguments about the case.