House Sues To Enforce Census Probe Subpoenas Of Ross, Barr

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Source: TPM

The House previously voted to hold Ross and Barr in contempt for their defiance of the subpoenas, which request certain documents and communications from the failed effort to add the question.

Tuesday’s 84-page complaint said that, despite a Supreme Court decision that effectively blocked the administration from adding the question, the committee’s interest is in determining whether “legislation may be necessary to amend the census process or to provide additional safeguards in light of Defendants’ conduct.”

“In particular, the Committee must understand the extent of maladministration by government officials and the scope and nature of procedural defects relating to the Census, including with respect to the Commerce Department’s process for soliciting and evaluating input regarding the citizenship question, the Commerce Department’s efforts to affect the accuracy of the enumeration, and improper political influences on the Census,” the complaint said.

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the Committee must understand the extent of maladministration by government officials

Never outflanked, we democrats can multitask many battles at once.

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House sues William Barr and Wilbur Ross over census documents


https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-sues-attorney-general-william-barr-and-commerce-secretary-wilbur-ross-for-failing-to-comply-with-census/?intcid=CNI-00-10aaa3b

By caroline cournoyer

Updated on: November 26, 2019 / 5:23 PM / CBS News

A day after winning a court decision against the Trump administration, the House Oversight Committee filed a lawsuit against Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross for refusing a subpoena for documents related to the 2020 Census.

On Monday, a federal judge sided with Congress and ruled that former White House counsel Don McGahn must comply with a subpoena to testify before lawmakers about the Mueller investigation into Russian election meddling.

"Executive branch officials are not absolutely immune from compulsory congressional process — no matter how many times the Executive branch has asserted as much over the years — even if the President expressly directs such officials' non-compliance," wrote U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson in her opinion.
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Echoing language used by Jackson, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, the chairwoman of the House Oversight Committee, said in a statement Tuesday that "President Trump and his aides are not above the law." She continued, "I am filing this enforcement action today because the Trump administration's brazen obstruction of Congress must not stand."

This represents Maloney's first official act as chairwoman since she was selected to replace the late chairman, Elijah Cummings, who died last month............................................