Supreme Court takes up dispute over access to DOGE records
Summary
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a case about whether the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a cost-cutting group created by President Trump, must share its records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The case will clarify if DOGE is covered by FOIA or protected because it is within the Executive Office of the President.Key Facts
- The case involves Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) seeking DOGE records through a FOIA request.
- The Trump administration said DOGE is an advisory group inside the Executive Office of the President and not subject to FOIA.
- A lower court ordered DOGE to provide some information and allowed a deposition of DOGE’s administrator, Amy Gleason.
- The Supreme Court temporarily blocked the order to release certain information, citing separation of powers and executive confidentiality.
- The Court sent the case back to lower courts to narrow what DOGE must share.
- CREW narrowed its request to focus on DOGE’s structure and examples of its authority.
- The U.S. Court of Appeals allowed some information to be released, leading the Trump administration to appeal again to the Supreme Court.
- DOGE, led by Elon Musk and created under President Trump’s second term, works on reducing federal workforce and cutting government contracts.
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