Looks like old Wilbur might be in a pickle! Via the Washington Post:

When Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced in March that he was adding a question about citizenship to the 2020 Census — a move that critics say was motivated by ethnic bias that will produce an undercount favoring Republicans — he stated the move was initiated by the Justice Department in the interests of better enforcement of the Voting Rights Act. That turned out not to be the way it happened. It was Ross who initiated the action. He had been thinking about it for months. And he asked the Justice Department if it would say it needed the citizenship information, which it then did.

That was yesterday morning. Here's what we knew by the end of the day:

NEWS: DOJ finally admits that Wilbur Ross talked to Steve Bannon about the decision to demand citizenship info on the #2020Census. Ross suddenly “recalls” this now, in a new DOJ filing in @NewYorkStateAG et al’s suit. It’s no wonder they’ve been fighting Ross’ deposition... pic.twitter.com/NdjPPzTueA — Amy Spitalnick (@amyspitalnick) October 11, 2018

In new court filing, DOJ admits Commerce Secretary Wilbur ROSS remembers Steve BANNON calling him to put him in touch with GOP voter suppression impresario Kris KOBACH about adding a citizenship question to the census. https://t.co/SAbqtIVE1a pic.twitter.com/SbqCpmILKo — southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) October 11, 2018

It was white nationalist Steve Bannon's idea! Such a shock!

In a different time, this story would be shocking.