May 15 (UPI) -- The Supreme Court has agreed to hear oral arguments over whether Democrats can sue for records relating to a company owned by former President Donald Trump purchasing a Washington, D.C., post office and converting it into a luxury hotel.
The arguments will be heard during the court's next term in the case of Carnahan v. Maloney, which raises the question of whether individual members of Congress can sue an executive agency for information requested under Section 2954. The next term begins in October.
Section 2954 states that the Committee on Government Operations of the House of Representatives, seven members of the committee, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, or five members of that committee can request information from an executive agency.
The case stems from the Trump Old Post Office LLC. reaching an agreement with the General Services Administration to purchase the building. In 2016, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, led by Rep. Elijah Cummings, requested lease documents and expense reports from the purchase.
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