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U.S. Judge Says Gov’t Watchdog Illegally Fired; DNC Sues Trump over Attack on Election Commission

HeadlineMar 03, 2025

In other Trump news, federal Judge Amy Berman Jackson has ruled the head of a key government watchdog was illegally fired. The ruling centered on Trump’s firing of Hampton Dellinger, the head of the Office of Special Counsel, which handles whistleblower complaints. In her ruling, Berman Jackson warned against giving Trump a “constitutional license to bully officials in the executive branch into doing his will.”

In other legal news, the Democratic National Committee and related groups have sued Trump over his attempt to strip the bipartisan Federal Election Commission of its independence.

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