By Andrew Goudsward
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Wednesday briefly extended an order reinstating the head of a federal watchdog agency responsible for protecting whistleblowers who had challenged his firing by President Donald Trump.
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson in Washington said Hampton Dellinger, the head of the Office of Special Counsel, could remain in his post through at least Saturday.
Jackson said the extension would give her time to draft a permanent ruling in the case, an early test of the scope of Trump’s power that is likely to be decided at the U.S. Supreme Court.
(Reporting by Andrew Goudsward; Editing by Scott Malone)
