( March 4, 2025, 1:38 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The federal government filed in the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 3 an emergency motion to stay pending appeal a District Court order finding that President Donald J. Trump does not have the authority to remove Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger without cause; the emergency motion was filed the same day a federal judge in the District of Columbia denied the government’s motion in that court for a stay pending appeal....