The Supreme Court will consider House Democrats' quest for records related to former Pres. Trump's Washington, D.C.'s hotel.
The Supreme Court said Monday that it will consider whether House Democrats can sue to get information from a federal agency about its lease for the Old Post Office building in Washington, D.C., that was awarded to a company owned by former President Donald Trump.
Following Trump's 2016 presidential win, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, the late Rep. Elijah Cummings, and 10 other members of the panel sent a letter to the GSA requesting unredacted lease documents and expense reports related to the Old Post Office. The lawmakers invoked a federal law known as Section 2954, which directs executive agencies to turn over certain information to the congressional oversight committees.
GSA declined to comply with the request, but said it would review it if seven members of the Oversight Committee sought the information. Cummings and Democrats then followed suit, though the agency did not respond to his renewed request. It did, however, turn over information, including nearly all of the records sought by the committee Democrats, after announcing it would construe the requests, known as Section 2954 requests, as made under the Freedom of Information Act.
The Biden administration appealed to the Supreme Court, arguing that the lower court's finding that members of Congress can sue a federal agency for failing to disclose information sought under Section 2954 conflicts with the Supreme Court's precedents and"contradicts historical practice stretching to the beginning of the Republic."
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