Trump Administration Fights Order to Turn Over DOGE Records (1)

The Trump administration is appealing a judge’s order requiring Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency to comply with evidence demands from Democratic state officials who claim the billionaire is exercising unconstitutional power across the US government.

The US Justice Department is arguing the lower court judge’s “unusual and highly invasive” order “raises grievous separation-of-powers concerns” by requiring a presidential adviser and the White House to turn over information about their activities, according to the petition filed in the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit.

This is the first fight to reach a federal appeals court over ...