The Oklahoma Supreme Court's chief justice agreed Tuesday that the new attorney general does not have to release any further records to a left-leaning watchdog group for the time being.

Chief Justice Douglas Combs issued — without explanation — an emergency stay of an Oklahoma County judge's order about the records.

Since 2015, the Center for Media and Democracy has made nine records requests of the attorney general's office. Most involved emails between then-Attorney General Scott Pruitt and energy companies. The group sued Pruitt Feb. 7.

Pruitt is now administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.