House Democratic leaders have decided to pursue criminal contempt against Barr and Ross for defying subpoenas for info about the census citizenship question
House Democratic leaders plan to move forward with criminal contempt proceedings against Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross for defying congressional subpoenas for documents related to the 2020 census, senior Democratic aides said Monday.
Last month, the committee formally reported its contempt report for Barr and Ross to the full House, citing them for both criminal and civil contempt after the Democrat-led panelto authorize the actions. It remains unclear whether the House will go to court to enforce the subpoenas. Democrats have spoken out uniformly against the Trump administration’s efforts to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, claiming it’s part of an effort to boost Republicans’ electoral fortunes by under-counting minority communities.
The Supreme Court blocked the addition of the citizenship question late last month, and the Commerce Department said it would begin printing the census forms without the controversial question. But President Donald Trump appeared to reverse that position in a tweet last week, claiming he was exploring executive actions to pursue the citizenship question despite the court’s ruling.
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