A Washington, D.C., appeals court has permitted President Donald Trump to remove the head of a federal watchdog agency amid litigation.

The lower court had ruled that Hampton Dellinger, head of the Office of Special Counsel, was entitled to remain in his position,

A federal appeals court on Wednesday allowed President Donald Trump to fire the head of a watchdog agency responsible for protecting whistleblowers. The unsigned order by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit pauses a lower court order that reinstated Office of Special Counsel chief Hampton Dellinger.