Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has paused the discovery in a lawsuit that seeks to disrupt President Donald Trump’s efforts to cut waste and fraud in the federal government.
Trump, Elon Musk, and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have created a long list of establishment enemies over their cost-cutting measures that seek to eliminate the wasteful spending of taxpayer money.
In the process, mountains of legal actions have emerged against DOGE.
According to The Hill, in a lawsuit that seeks documents and information about DOGE operations, Chief Justice Roberts temporarily paused discovery.
Roberts played ball with the Trump administration.
The Trump admin had requested a temporary administrative stay, “which temporarily lifts a judge’s order allowing limited discovery into whether DOGE is an ‘agency.’”
The key issue is that if DOGE is found to be an official agency, then it, like every other agency, would be subject to complying with Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
Roberts received the request by default, as he handles emergency requests that come out of Washington, D.C.
The Hill noted:
“The pause will last until the court decides whether to wipe two lower court rulings letting discovery move forward, which Roberts could