In an unusual, tentative move, the court neither granted nor denied an emergency request filed by the Trump administration after lower courts had blocked the effort to fire Hampton Dellinger, who heads the Office of Special Counsel. … The Office of Special Counsel handles various issues related to federal employees, overseeing protections for whistleblowers, and enforcing restrictions on political activity. The office can bring enforcement actions and issue regulations; it has no relationship with the special counsels that can be appointed by the Justice Department to bring federal prosecutions.

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