Hampton Yeats Dellinger is an American attorney and political candidate who serves as Special Counsel of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel. Although President Donald Trump attempted to dismiss him on February 7, 2025, a federal court ruled on March 1 that the administration must keep him in his job. He previously served as the United States Assistant Attorney General for Legal Policy and was a partner at Boies, Schiller & Flexner and at Robinson, Bradshaw, and Hinson.
The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to fire whistleblower chief Hampton Dellinger...