--- description: The Kansas Secretary of State, who had objected to turning over the document, must do so Wednesday, the order states title: Kris Kobach Must Turn Over Plan He Brought to President Trump, Judge Rules image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc0f9b8eada52f731/6988c3370a4a227f1c9cdc01/kris-kobach-court-order.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Kansas](/tag/kansas/) ## Kansas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Kris Kobach Must Turn Over Plan He Brought to President Trump, Judge Rules  by [Alana Abramson](/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 17, 2017 11:55 PM CUT  Donald Trump and Kris Kobach, Kansas secretary of state, pose for after their meeting on November 20, 2016 at Trump International Golf Club, in Bedminster Township, New Jersey. Donald Trump and Kris Kobach, Kansas secretary of state, pose for after their meeting on November 20, 2016 at Trump International Golf Club, in Bedminster Township, New Jersey.Drew Angerer—Getty Images  by [Alana Abramson](/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 17, 2017 11:55 PM CUT A federal judge has ruled that [Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach](http://time.com/4578006/reince-priebus-donald-trump-muslim-registry/ "undefined") must reveal the document he brought into a meeting with then-President-elect [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4690261/donald-trump-paranoid/ "undefined") on November 20th during the presidential transition. Kobach must turn over the document by Wednesday, the order states. Kobach had initially objected to producing the documents. During the [presidential transition,](http://time.com/4566735/obama-trump-presidential-transition-history-origins/ "undefined") Kobach, who was under consideration to serve in Trump’s cabinet and was advising him on immigration policy, was seen heading into a meeting with the then-President elect November 20th at one of the Trump properties with a partially obscured document. An Associated Press photographer [captured part of the document.](http://time.com/4579156/kris-kobach-dhs-document-blunder-photo/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") A reporter from the [Topeka _Capital-Journal_](http://cjonline.com/news/2016-11-21/kobach-took-plan-department-homeland-security-trump-meeting "undefined") examined the photo and determined the document proposed questioning what Kobach viewed as “high risk” immigrants on their support for sharia law. The first point in the document, according to the _Capital-Journal_, is to “Bar the Entry of Potential Terrorists.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4743708/kris-kobach-donald-trump-documents-folder-photo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4743708/kris-kobach-donald-trump-documents-folder-photo/"},"headline":"Kris Kobach Must Turn Over Plan He Brought to President Trump, Judge Rules","datePublished":"2017-04-17T23:55:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T04:27:32.760Z","description":"A photographer managed to capture details from the documents","url":"https://time.com/4743708/kris-kobach-donald-trump-documents-folder-photo/","keywords":["Kansas","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc0f9b8eada52f731/6988c3370a4a227f1c9cdc01/kris-kobach-court-order.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alana Abramson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc0f9b8eada52f731/6988c3370a4a227f1c9cdc01/kris-kobach-court-order.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Kris Kobach Meets With Donald Trump During Presidential Transition","caption":"Kris Kobach Meets With Donald Trump During Presidential Transition","creditText":"Drew Angerer—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/kansas/","name":"Kansas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4743708/kris-kobach-donald-trump-documents-folder-photo/","name":"Kris Kobach Must Turn Over Plan He Brought to President Trump, Judge Rules"}}]}] ```