Trump calls for investigation into manual used in climate change cases
FILE-President Donald Trump attends during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Final match between Spain and Argentina at New York New Jersey Stadium on July 19, 2026 in East Rutherford, United States. (Photo by Jose Breton/Pics Action/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
President Donald Trump is calling for a probe connected to the Federal Judicial Center’s scientific reference manual in cases involving climate change.
Trump claimed Sunday in a social media post that the work contains "discredited" information that led to "huge losses" for the country.
Trump addresses climate change manuals
What they're saying:
President Donald Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Sunday that "These Manuals have been totally Discredited. Our Nation’s Federal Judges deserve Facts and Science, not Political Fraud and False Science on Climate," he continued. "With this truth, I hereby order Federal Suspension and Debarment Officials to review this conduct. Our Taxpayers should not be funding Climate Fraud, and Judges should never have relied upon it."
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Reuters reported that the federal judiciary withdrew a chapter from the latest edition of its reference manual on scientific evidence that addressed climate change after GOP state attorneys general argued it was biased against fossil fuel organizations.
The Federal Judicial Center added a new chapter addressing climate change as part of a planned update of the manual, and the fourth edition of it was released in December 2025.
According to Reuters, the Federal Judicial Center collaborated to create the manual with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
The Source: Information for this story was provided by Reuters and a Truth Social post from President Donald Trump. This story was reported from Washington, D.C.