Wednesday 24 July 2019

Justice Department will not pursue criminal contempt charges in Census dispute with Congress

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Justice Department will not pursue criminal contempt charges in Census dispute with CongressThe U.S. Justice Department will not pursue criminal charges against Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, after Democrats in the House of Representatives voted to hold them in contempt in a dispute over documents concerning whether to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Census. "Accordingly, the department will not bring the congressional contempt citations before a grand jury or take any other action to prosecute the Attorney General or the Secretary," he added.




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