SCOTUS deals setback to Seattle police officers seeking anonymity in Jan. 6 inquiry Amy Radil June 05, 2025 / 12:45 pm

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a request for a stay from four current or former Seattle police officers seeking to prevent SPD from disclosing their names and other records.

The officers were investigated for attending President Donald Trump’s "Stop the Steal" rally on Jan. 6, 2021, that led to an armed insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

The investigation by Seattle’s Office of Police Accountability found the four officers did not engage in unlawful or unprofessional conduct that day. But when private citizens, including Sam Sueoka, sought public disclosure of the investigation records, the police officers sued using pseudonyms to block the disclosure. They

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