{"id":1957090,"date":"2023-06-26T11:41:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T15:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-throws-out-house-democrats-pursuit-of-trump-hotel-records\/"},"modified":"2023-06-26T16:24:59","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T20:24:59","slug":"supreme-court-throws-out-house-democrats-pursuit-of-trump-hotel-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-throws-out-house-democrats-pursuit-of-trump-hotel-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court rejects Democrats&#8217; bid for Trump hotel records."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsupreme-court-throws-out-house-democrats-pursuit-of-trump-hotel-records%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1957090&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Supreme Court Dismisses Democrats&#8217; Lawsuit Over Trump Hotel Records<\/h2>\n<p>The Supreme Court made a decision on Monday regarding the Democrats&#8217; pursuit of <a title=\"RFK Jr. acknowledges CIA's potential to assassinate him.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-says-hes-aware-of-possibility-cia-could-assassinate-him\/\">government records related<\/a> to the former Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. In an unsigned order, the <a title=\"Federal Court Pauses California School District\u2019s Vaccine Mandate\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-court-pauses-california-school-districts-vaccine-mandate\/\">justices dismissed<\/a> the case after Democratic lawmakers voluntarily withdrew the lawsuit in a lower court, with the Biden administration&#8217;s support.<\/p>\n<p>However, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented from the majority, expressing her disagreement with the <a title=\"Supreme Court rejects Democrats' bid for Trump hotel records.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-throws-out-house-democrats-pursuit-of-trump-hotel-records\/\">chosen procedural mechanism<\/a> for dismissing the case.<\/p>\n<p>The dispute originated from a 2013 agreement between the Trump Organization and the General Services Administration, which allowed the organization to lease the Old Post Office Building in Washington and operate it as a hotel.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout Trump&#8217;s presidency, the hotel raised concerns among Democrats who questioned whether individuals purchasing rooms were attempting to influence the White House. Last year, Trump&#8217;s company sold the lease, and the hotel now operates as a Waldorf Astoria.<\/p>\n<p>If the Supreme Court had taken up the case, it would have provided an opportunity to address whether a minority party in Congress can use the &#8220;Seven Member Rule,&#8221; a <a title=\"WAFFLE: Arizona House Speaker Claims They Can\u2019t Enforce Constitution, Won\u2019t Commit To Calling Legislative Hearing\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/waffle-arizona-house-speaker-claims-they-cant-enforce-constitution-wont-commit-to-calling-legislative-hearing\/\">federal law<\/a> that allows a specific number of committee members to request information from the administration.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration&#8217;s Justice Department urged the court to rule that Democrats cannot sue in court to enforce the rule. The rule permits any seven members of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability or any five members of the Senate Homeland Security Committee to request information within their authority.<\/p>\n<p>Following Trump&#8217;s victory in the 2016 election, 17 Democratic members of the Oversight Committee, led by the late Rep. Elijah Cummings, sought access to documents related to the lease agreement and potential conflicts of interest involving Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, a <a title=\"One of Two Wisconsin Supreme Court Rulings Give President Trump the Win \u2013 Should Be Enough Votes to Win the State\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/one-of-two-wisconsin-supreme-court-rulings-give-president-trump-the-win-should-be-enough-votes-to-win-the-state\/\">federal judge dismissed<\/a> the lawsuit in 2017, citing a lack of legal standing. However, in 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia revived the lawsuit, ruling 2-1 that the lawmakers had indeed suffered harm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court dismissed a case on Monday regarding Democrats&#8217; request for government records related to the Trump International Hotel. Democratic lawmakers withdrew the lawsuit in a lower court, which the Biden administration was supporting. 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