WASHINGTON—The House voted to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in criminal contempt over their refusal to produce documents concerning the addition of a citizenship question to the census, days after President Trump abandoned his legal efforts to amend the survey. The Democratic-led chamber’s approval of the measure, which passed 230-198, allows the Oversight and Government Reform Committee to consider taking action against the two Trump administration cabinet secretaries in federal court—where...

Source: Wall Street Journal July 17, 2019 22:27 UTC