Baltimore Inspector General Isabel Mercedes Cumming asked a judge Monday to hold Mayor Brandon Scott in contempt for failing to turn over city records as a judge ordered.

Scott responded with new records — emails posted to his social media showing his administration working Monday with the inspector general’s staff to restore access.

“This is showmanship, not integrity,” the mayor wrote.

Cumming filed her motion midday Monday, saying the city had failed to restore her office’s direct access to city records as ordered by retired Baltimore Circuit Court Associate Judge Pamela White. White issued the ruling a week ago, calling on the city to give Cumming access to city servers within 48 hours. Outstanding subpoenas must be fulfilled within 45 days.

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The administration had sought to delay restoring access, filing motions for stays with both White and the Appellate Court of Maryland that temporarily delayed the process. On Friday night, the appellate court refused the city’s final request, saying the administration failed to make the case that it would suffer irreparable harm if documents were released.

Emails posted by Scott show city information technology staff first approached an employee in the inspector general’s office at 8:34 a.m. Monday asking them to fill out a form to restore access.

Shortly after 3 p.m., the employee responded to an update from administration officials.

“I will probably need to work with the team tomorrow to iron out some of the password resets,” he said. “I will test as soon as I am able with the accounts I have regained access to with the understanding that they will not be fully restored until later this evening.”

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But Cumming’s filing said her attorneys wrote a letter to city officials Sunday demanding records by 1 p.m. Monday. The city’s failure to comply was “voluntary and intentional,” the filing said. She asked White to impose a fine for each day that the city fails to restore access.

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During an unrelated news conference Monday morning, Scott said access should have already been restored.

“We are always going to follow the law and immediately I ordered them to do just that,” he said.

Scott and Cumming have been sparring in court since February, when Cumming challenged the mayor’s decision to cut off her direct access to city documents such as memos, emails and invoices. Cumming is responsible for investigating waste, fraud and abuse within city government.

The dispute became public in January when Scott’s team cut access to legal records for Cumming and her staff after officials discovered that the inspector general had access to a city attorney’s files. That access, City Solicitor Ebony Thompson argued, was a violation of attorney-client and work product protections.

Weeks later, Scott further limited Cumming, this time blocking her office from direct access to all city documents. The administration cited legal advice it had received from an attorney with Maryland’s Office of the Attorney General, who said Cumming was subject to the Maryland Public Information Act. That act bars public entities like the city from releasing certain records, such as personnel and financial information.

White ruled that the Maryland Public Information Act does not apply to the inspector general.