Trump signals census fight, House panel holds cabinet officials in contempt 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Agence France-PressePresident Donald Trump asserted his executive privilege Wednesday to block Congress from obtaining documents related to how his administration added a citizenship question to the 2020 US census. A Democratic-led House of Representatives committee responded emphatically, voting to hold two Trump cabinet members — Attorney General Bill Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross — in contempt for refusing to produce the subpoenaed material. It added that Trump “has made a protective assertion of executive privilege over the remainder of the subpoenaed documents” in order to allow more time for review. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has resisted those calls, and the majority of her caucus is so far supporting her.

Source: Manila Bulletin June 12, 2019 22:07 UTC