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Topline Lawyers for the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court Wednesday to halt a lower court’s ruling requiring records from the Department of Government Efficiency, arguing DOGE should be exempt from Freedom of Information Requests and forcing records to be public would be “intrusive.” An exterior view of the Supreme Court on June 20, 2024 in Washington, DC. Getty Images Key Facts The request of the Supreme Court would stop all discovery in DOGE’s case, which the Trump administration said in its Wednesday filing is “extraordinarily overbroad and intrusive.” One of the records the Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to keep private is the deposition of the DOGE Administrator, Amy Gleason. A judge ruled in March that DOGE must provide documents and records in a lawsuit brought by nonprofit Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington in order to determine whether or not DOGE is actually an agency that must comply with Freedom of Information Act requests. Forbes has reached out to the Justice Department for comment. What To Watch For If the Supreme Court does not stay the lower court’s ruling, records must be produced in June. Chief Critic “While DOGE continues to attempt to fight transparency at every level of justice, we look forward to making our case that the Supreme Court should join the District Court and Court of Appeals in allowing discovery to go forward,” Jordan Libowitz, vice president of communications for the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, told Forbes in an emailed statement. Why Did Citizens For Responsibility And Ethics In Washington Sue Doge? The lawsuit alleged that DOGE—along with Elon Musk and others involved in the effort—withheld records requested through the Freedom of Information Act by the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, or CREW. The suit…

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