Hampton Dellinger

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Hampton Yeats Dellinger (born April 30, 1967) is an American lawyer who served as Special Counsel of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel until fired by President Donald Trump. Initially dismissed on February 7, 2025, Dellinger sued to keep his job and gained rulings by a federal district court judge preventing his immediate dismissal. However, on March 5, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit lifted the injunction imposed by the district court, allowing his dismissal, and the next day Dellinger dropped the legal action to keep his job. Dellinger previously served as the United States Assistant Attorney General for Legal Policy and had been a partner at Boies, Schiller & Flexner and at Robinson, Bradshaw, and Hinson.

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1. date of birth: 1967-04-30 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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