Kristen Goodwin
Appearances
Fox News Hourly Update
9PM ET 03/05/2025 Newscast
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., ruling that President Trump's firing of Hampton Dellinger as the head of the Office of Special Counsel was unlawful. But the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia granting the Trump administration's request to put that lower court ruling on hold, allowing for Dellinger's immediate removal.
Fox News Hourly Update
9PM ET 03/05/2025 Newscast
Dellinger sued the Trump administration, arguing his dismissal was illegal, citing a federal law that says special counsels can only be removed by the president for reasons like inefficiency or neglect of duty. He's likely to appeal the decision.