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The order came after the Trump administration appealed to the
Supreme Court in a lawsuit filed against DOGE by a government
watchdog group.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington argues that
DOGE, which has been central to President Donald Trump’s push to
remake the government, is a federal agency and must be subject
to the Freedom of Information Act.
But the Trump administration says DOGE is just a presidential
advisory body aimed at rooting out waste, fraud and abuse in the
federal government, which would make it exempt from requests for
documents under FOIA.
CREW sued in February, claiming that DOGE “wields shockingly
broad power” with no transparency about its actions. U.S.
District Judge Christopher Cooper found that its role is likely
more than just advisory, noting claims in helping to shutter
USAID and cut billions of dollars in government contracts.
Cooper had ordered DOGE to turn over documents and have acting
DOGE administrator Amy Gleason answer questions under oath by
June 13.
Solicitor General D. John Sauer called Cooper’s orders
“extraordinarily overbroad and intrusive."
The case is the latest in a string of emergency appeals taken to
the Supreme Court after lower courts have blocked parts of
Trump’s sweeping agenda.
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