The Trump administration has asked the US Supreme Court to halt a judge’s order that would force it to answer questions and turn over documents about Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency in a fight over public access to the office’s records.

A judge turned the U.S. Institute of Peace back over to its unlawfully fired board members Monday, scolding the administration for using “brute force and threats of criminal process” to commandeer an organization that does not fall within President Trump’s removal powers.

Elon Musk's time leading DOGE is coming to an end, prompting existential questions about the agency he almost singularly foisted to national prominence.