Trump administration asks Supreme Court to stop DOGE from being forced to release records

The Trump administration on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to weigh in on yet another case, this time to stop a court from forcing the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to release internal records to a watchdog organization. 

Solicitor General D. John Sauer has filed many emergency requests to the Supreme Court since taking office, including a request for the court to lift a block on the mass firings of federal employees in at least 21 different agencies.

The new emergency application centers on allegations that a lower court judge overstepped his authority by ordering DOGE to release the records to the watchdog group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, through its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. 

Sauer argued that DOGE should be exempt from complying with FOIA requests because it is a presidential advisory group, the New York Times reported. The White House has also tried to argue that documents procured by DOGE are presidential records, and thereby exempt from FOIA.

The new case is the second DOGE-related request Sauer has made to the Supreme Court this month. He also asked the high court to let members of DOGE have access to sensitive Social Security Administration records.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.