A district court judge had ordered DOGE to turn over information to a government watchdog group about its operations and personnel.

Chief Justice John Roberts has granted the Department of Government Efficiency temporary relief from having to disclose information about its operations to a watchdog group. Roberts’ temporary order Friday will remain in place pending further word from him or the full court.

In a terse, one-page order, Roberts granted an administrative stay which pauses two discovery orders issued by U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper, a Barack Obama appointee. The post ‘Pending further order’: Chief justice grants Trump admin request to keep DOGE’s inner workings in the shadows first appeared on Law & Crime.

Chief Justice John Roberts has personally shielded the Department of Government Efficiency from having to hand over reams of internal data. Acting as an individual, Roberts temporarily blocked two orders from a lower court that instructed DOGE to turn over thousands of pages of documents and have its administrator,