Judge rules Trump’s sacking of watchdog agency boss was unlawful

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before departing on the South Lawn of the White House (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

The head of a federal watchdog agency must remain in his job, a judge in Washington ruled on Saturday, saying President Donald Trump’s bid to remove the special counsel was unlawful.

US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson sided with Hampton Dellinger, who leads the Office of Special Counsel, in a legal battle over the president’s authority to oust the head of the independent agency that is likely headed back to the Supreme Court.