The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up a lawsuit surrounding the Biden administration's bid to block several congressional Democrats seeking records of a government lease for a Washington hotel surrounding its previous ownership by former President Donald Trump.
The nine justices took up an appeal by the General Services Administration, which handles the federal government's real estate. A lower court ruling allowed the lawsuit by House Democratic lawmakers to proceed.Democrats sued after the GSA declined to provide details of a 2013 lease of the Old Post Office building to the former president's company to convert it into a hotel.
The Trump International Hotel operated throughout Trump's four years in office and brought about legal and ethical concerns from critics, including whether people buying rooms at the hotel were seeking influence from within the White House. Trump's company sold the lease last year, and the hotel is now known as the Waldorf Astoria.
The House members sought those records through a variety of means, including the citation of a federal law that requires executive agencies to provide information to members of Congress.
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