Supreme Court Blocks Release Of DOGE Records In FOIA Case
The post Supreme Court Blocks Release Of DOGE Records In FOIA Case appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Topline The Trump administration will not have to provide documents and testimony about billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency—at least for now—as Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts granted the government’s request to temporarily halt movement in a case over whether DOGE has to be transparent about its actions. Elon Musk in the Oval Office at the White House on May 21 in Washington, DC. Getty Images Key Facts Roberts granted a request from the Trump administration to stop discovery in an ongoing lawsuit over whether DOGE has to comply with Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, which means its records could be made publicly available. His ruling is temporary and will only apply until the full court can issue a more lasting order about whether or not the Trump administration has to turn over documents, and the justice did not offer any reasoning behind his decision in Friday’s order. The Trump administration has argued the requests for information made by left-leaning watchdog Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), which brought the case, are “extraordinarily overbroad and intrusive.” The discovery process would have required the government to turn over records and testimony, including a deposition by DOGE Administrator Amy Gleason, whom the Trump administration publicly named as the head of DOGE in an attempt to further distance Musk from the agency, after the billionaire’s leadership of DOGE started coming under scrutiny in court. CREW is suing DOGE for failing to comply with its FOIA requests for information about DOGE’s role in the mass firings and sweeping cuts to federal agencies that took place after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, but the Trump administration argues DOGE is not a federal agency that has to respond to FOIA requests. Roberts’ ruling means DOGE will be able to continue withholding documents…
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Topline The Trump administration will not have to provide documents and testimony about billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency—at least for now—as Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts granted the government’s request to temporarily halt movement in a case over whether DOGE has to be transparent about its actions. Elon Musk in the Oval Office at the White House on May 21 in Washington, DC. Getty Images Key Facts Roberts granted a request from the Trump administration to stop discovery in an ongoing lawsuit over whether DOGE has to comply with Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, which means its records could be made publicly available. His ruling is temporary and will only apply until the full court can issue a more lasting order about whether or not the Trump administration has to turn over documents, and the justice did not offer any reasoning behind his decision in Friday’s order. The Trump administration has argued the requests for information made by left-leaning watchdog Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), which brought the case, are “extraordinarily overbroad and intrusive.” The discovery process would have required the government to turn over records and testimony, including a deposition by DOGE Administrator Amy Gleason, whom the Trump administration publicly named as the head of DOGE in an attempt to further distance Musk from the agency, after the billionaire’s leadership of DOGE started coming under scrutiny in court. CREW is suing DOGE for failing to comply with its FOIA requests for information about DOGE’s role in the mass firings and sweeping cuts to federal agencies that took place after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, but the Trump administration argues DOGE is not a federal agency that has to respond to FOIA requests. Roberts’ ruling means DOGE will be able to continue withholding documents…
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