Summary
Despite Elon Musk’s claims of “maximal transparency,” the Trump administration now argues that records from DOGE are exempt from Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
A court filing states DOGE, rebranded from the U.S. Digital Service, is a “free-standing component” of the Executive Office of the President and falls under the Presidential Records Act.
Watchdog groups have sued, arguing that DOGE’s activities, which involve sweeping access to federal agencies, must be publicly accessible.
This is what dictators do. Grab power and place it under their control.
Trump will whittle away at the other branches of government until there’s nothing left, and then he will say we don’t need those other branches since they don’t do anything and dissolve them.
This has been played out many times.