WILLIAM BARR DIRECTS DOJ OFFICIAL TO DEFY CONGRESSIONAL SUBPOENA TO TESTIFY ABOUT 2020 CENSUS

ttorney General William Barr directed a Justice Department official to defy a congressional subpoena to testify before a House committee, according to a letter obtained by Newsweek, a move that is likely to heighten the tension over the ongoing investigations of the Trump administration by Congress.

Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd told the House Oversight and Reform Committee in a letter on Wednesday that John Gore, the principal deputy assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, would not provide a deposition, which was scheduled for Thursday, regarding the Trump administration’s push to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.

The committee is investigating the administration’s desire to include the question, as the Supreme Court has signaled it could approve the addition. Critics argue that a citizenship question would discourage millions of immigrants from completing a census, leading to skewed results. Read more

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