The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to hear arguments in a watchdog's lawsuit seeking public records about Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency. The high court is intervening for a second time in Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington's case, which seeks access to DOGE records from its operations in the early days of President Donald Trump's second term.
The Trump administration asked the court to hear the case. Last year, the high court reined in a district court's order for the government to produce DOGE-related records to CREW. The high court's conservative majority concluded in June 2025 that U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled too broadly in ordering documents to be turned over to the group.
CREW claims DOGE is a federal agency and therefore is subject to the Freedom of Information Act. The Trump administration argues that DOGE is exempt from FOIA's requirements as a presidential advisory body. Cooper had ruled in CREW's favor in the earlier proceeding that prompted the Supreme Court's June 2025 intervention.