The Office of Special Counsel exists to protect whistleblowers and other employees inside the government who call out improper and corrupt conduct. It was created after Watergate as part of the series of reforms to guarantee an independent, protected civil service that benefits the people, not the party in power or the personal interests of the president. For that reason, the head of the office serves a five-year term regardless of who holds the presidency, and can only be removed for good reason. The Trump Administration tried to fire Hampton Dellinger, the current Special Counsel, in a one-line email with no justification.