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Musk’s DOGE Must Comply With Public Records Requests, Judge Says
The Trump administration has disputed that the US DOGE Service is covered by the Freedom of Information Act.
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A federal judge ruled that Elon Musk’s government efficiency project must comply with records demands from a public interest group, rejecting the administration’s position that the office created by President Donald Trump is exempt from a US transparency law.
The decision on Monday from US District Judge Christopher Cooper, the first of its kind since Trump took office, would mean that the Department of Government Efficiency is required to disclose emails, memos, notes and other internal records about its operations, staff and structure. He also ordered DOGE to preserve records that might be responsive to the requests at issue.