Attorney General William P. Barr speaks about the release of a redacted version of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report during an April 18 news conference at the Justice Department in Washington. (Patrick Semansky/AP)The Justice Department said Wednesday that it will not comply with a congressional subpoena for a Trump administration official to testify in a House panel’s investigation of the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. Boyd said the reason Gore would not appear stemmed from the panel’s refusal to allow a department attorney to join him for the deposition. “Those obligations have not been erased by the attorney general or the president. The committee is investigating the administration’s plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census despite evidence it could lead to an undercount of millions of people.

Source: Washington Post April 24, 2019 16:07 UTC