House Votes Top Trump Officials Barr and Ross in Contempt in Census Dispute, Ross Calls It ‘Political Theater’

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross (L) looks on as U.S. Attorney General William Barr delivers remarks on citizenship and the census in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., on July 11, 2019. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to hold two top Trump administration officials, Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, in contempt of Congress for not complying with subpoenas related to the administration’s attempts to include a citizenship question in the U.S. 2020 census.

Ross called it “political theater.”