On the C-SPAN Networks: Office of the Independent Counsel has hosted 4 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 1995 News Conference. Recent Programs. January 19, 2001 ...

The head of the independent Office of Special Counsel claims President Trump illegally fired him, the latest in a string of firings that may violate federal law. Accessibility links.

The answer is an independent watchdog agency called the Office of Special Counsel. Shortly after taking office, President Trump fired the head of that office — Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger.

The administration’s emergency application asked the court to vacate a federal trial judge’s order temporarily reinstating Hampton Dellinger, the head of the Office of Special Counsel. Mr.