Hampton Dellinger remains an oddity in this current bleak iteration of the federal government—an uncaptured executive branch official.

Hampton Dellinger, the head of the Office of Special Counsel, has been a critical figure scrutinizing the recent mass firings of federal workers.

"I'm ending my legal battle so my time as Special Counsel and head of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) is now over," Hampton Dellinger said in a statement after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.

Special counsel Hampton Dellinger says he is dropping his lawsuit to try to keep his job after President Donald Trump fired him. His decision comes a day after the federal appeals court in Washington temporarily removed him from the position,

An appeals court had allowed the Trump administration to remove Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger while it heard his case.