Whistleblowers shun office that’s supposed to protect them amid fears of Trump partisanship By CNN Newsource New Published June 16, 2025 11:00 am ...

With Dellinger gone, Trump allies at OSC unwound his efforts to reinstate thousands of probationary federal employees that were fired in February as part of the Trump administration’s mass layoffs.

The Office of Special Counsel has for nearly 50 years been the US government’s one-stop shop for whistleblowers and alleged ethics violations, a federal watchdog created after Watergate with the ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would nominate Paul Ingrassia, a 30-year-old lawyer and former right-wing podcast host, to lead the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC), an independent ...

Whistleblowers shun office that’s supposed to protect them amid fears of Trump partisanship Pete Kiehart/The Washington Post/Getty Images via CNN Newsource Paul Ingrassia By CNN Newsource ...

But a few weeks into his second term, Trump fired the Senate-confirmed agency leader, Hampton Dellinger, a Biden appointee. Under federal law, Dellinger’s term didn’t expire until 2029, and he ...