On Thursday, March 6th, 2025, Former Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger released a statement announcing his decision to drop his lawsuit over his termination by White House officials. Dellinger’s concession follows a decision by a federal appeals court Wednesday evening to remove Dellinger from his position as Special Counsel while his lawsuit proceeds through the appeals process to the Supreme Court. In his statement, Dellinger explained that “given the circuit court’s adverse ruling, [Dellinger thinks his] odds of ultimately prevailing before the Supreme Court are long.”
Until Wednesday evening, Dellinger’s suit to fight his abrupt termination remained promising. The prior weekend, Judge Amy Berman Jackson had granted Dellinger a preliminary injunction, allowing him to resume his role at the Office of Special Counsel. Wednesday day, Six whistleblower advocacy organizations, including the National Whistleblower Center and the Government Accountability Project, banded together to file an amicus curiae brief to the Court of Appeals, arguing that Dellinger’s termination threatened the political independence of the Office of Special Counsel, which is integral to the Office’s rooting out of federal fraud, waste, and abuse of power. The Appeals Court decision upended hope for Dellinger’s reinstatement. It indicated that a future appeal to the Supreme Court may end in a victory for the White House.
Regarding the Appeals Court decision, Dellinger stated: “I think the circuit...
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