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House Holds 2 Trump Officials in Contempt in Census Dispute

Associated Press

   WASHINGTON - The Democratic-controlled House voted Wednesday to hold
   two top Trump administration officials in contempt of Congress for
   failing to comply with subpoenas related to a decision to add a
   citizenship question to the 2020 census.

   The House voted230-198to hold Attorney General William Barr and
   Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in criminal contempt. The vote, a
   political blow to the Trump administration, is largely symbolic because
   the Justice Department is unlikely to prosecute the two men.

   The action marks an escalation of Democratic efforts to use their House
   majority to aggressively investigate the inner workings of the Trump
   administration.

   President Donald Trump abandoned the citizenship question last week
   after the Supreme Court said the administration's justification for the
   question "seems to have been contrived." Trump directed agencies to try
   to compile the information using existing databases.

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