The Trump Administration sees the lower court's ruling as a barrier to installing their own leader of the office, framing it as an encroachment of executive power by the courts

President Donald Trump has expounded an extraordinary vision of his authority over the past month, relying on the Supreme Court’s decision last year granting him immunity from criminal prosecution, as a blank check in his broader drive for power.

A lower court temporarily reinstated Hampton Dellinger, head of the Office of Special Counsel, after he sued the administration this month for firing him.