A federal judge on Friday rejected the Department of Justice’s request to delay a lawsuit against Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross for defying subpoenas from Congress as part of a House investigation into the Trump administration’s handling of the U.S. 2020 Census.
The House Oversight and Reform Committee in July held the two officials in criminal contempt for defying the panel’s subpoenas as lawmakers probe the administration’s attempt to add a citizenship question to the government’s population count.
