--- title: Kris Kobach Must Turn In Document From Donald Trump Meeting description: The Kansas Secretary of State, who had objected to turning over the document, must do so Wednesday, the order states canonical: https://time.com/4743708/kris-kobach-donald-trump-documents-folder-photo/ author: Alana Abramson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-17T23:55:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T04:27:32.760Z article:section: Politics og:title: Kris Kobach Must Turn Over Plan He Brought to President Trump, Judge Rules og:description: A photographer managed to capture details from the documents og:url: https://time.com/4743708/kris-kobach-donald-trump-documents-folder-photo/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc0f9b8eada52f731/6988c3370a4a227f1c9cdc01/kris-kobach-court-order.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4455 og:image:height: 2506 og:image:alt: Kris Kobach Meets With Donald Trump During Presidential Transition og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kris Kobach Must Turn Over Plan He Brought to President Trump, Judge Rules twitter:description: A photographer managed to capture details from the documents twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc0f9b8eada52f731/6988c3370a4a227f1c9cdc01/kris-kobach-court-order.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Kris Kobach Must Turn Over Plan He Brought to President Trump, Judge Rules > Sponsored content. 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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](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Apr 17, 2017 11:55 PM UTC A federal judge has ruled that [Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach](http://time.com/4578006/reince-priebus-donald-trump-muslim-registry/) must reveal the document he brought into a meeting with then-President-elect [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4690261/donald-trump-paranoid/) 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/) 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) A reporter from the [Topeka _Capital-Journal_](http://cjonline.com/news/2016-11-21/kobach-took-plan-department-homeland-security-trump-meeting) examined the photo and determined the document proposed questioning what Kobach viewed as “high risk” immigrants on their support for sharia law. 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