WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday took up a Trump administration’s bid to prevent a watchdog group from seeking information about the Department of Government Efficiency, which played a key role in firing thousands of federal workers and canceling government funding.
\n\nThe court agreed to hear a Justice Department appeal that sought to prevent Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington from obtaining records under the Freedom of Information Act. A ruling is due by the end of June.
\n\nThe Trump administration has argued that DOGE, spearheaded by former administration adviser Elon Musk, was not subject to what are known as FOIA requests.
\n\nDOGE, which played a key role in dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development, was a controversial feature of Trump’s early months in office, triggering various lawsuits. Its operations have since dwindled.
\n\nThe case had already reached the Supreme Court once at an earlier stage of the litigation. Then, in a provisional decision, the court blocked parts of a lower court ruling that required thousands of pages of information to be handed over.
\n\nIt also meant that plaintiffs’ lawyers could not depose Amy Gleason, the DOGE administrator.
\n\nLitigation has since continued. As a result of the…
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