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Uncle Joe

(62,511 posts)
1. and DOGE is just supposed to be "advisory?"
Tue May 27, 2025, 08:22 PM
May 27

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But the Trump administration argues DOGE is a presidential advisory body so is exempt from the nation's premier public disclosure law.

U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled in March that DOGE appears to have enough independent authority that it should be subject to the Freedom of Information Act.

Cooper ordered DOGE to produce by June 3 documents needed to gauge its authority. And he said CREW must be allowed to question Amy Gleason, the head of DOGE, by June 13.

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The watchdog group responded that the administration wants the courts to “blindly yield” to its characterization of DOGE. That would give the president free reign to create entities to get around transparency laws, CREW told the Supreme Court.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/23/supreme-court-doge-trump-disclosure-foia/83769473007/

Thanks for the thread mahatmakanejeeves

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