Top Democrat Says Barr, Ross ‘Would Rather Be Held in Contempt’

-- Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross"would rather be held in contempt of Congress" than turn over documents to Congress about efforts to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, a House committee chairman said Friday.

At issue is the Oversight Committee’s investigation of the administration’s efforts to include the citizenship question on the census. Ross has told the committee the Justice Department in March 2018 requested the question be added to help it enforce the Voting Rights Act.But Democrats and other critics say the Commerce Department decision was politically motivated to undermine the Census Bureau’s count of the U.S. population.

Cummings on Monday escalated his committee’s probe by issuing letters of warning to Ross and Barr. He gave them until Thursday to comply with already-issued subpoenas for the material on the topic -- or face contempt actions by his committee.

This idiot isn't worth saying much.

I hold the whole Congress in contempt!

Don't deflect from your wife's current situation?

Just do it and stop talking!! Wtf’s the problem here?! Stop acting like cowards and impeach the MF!

If voted to be in contempt, can you put a lein on their future earnings or career prospects?

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