A top official in the administration of former President Donald Trump was untruthful while testifying about adding a citizenship question to the census, according to documents released on July 20 by a top Democrat.
Wilbur Ross, the commerce secretary during the Trump administration, told a congressional panel in 2018 that the move to place the question back on the census in 2020 was “solely” in response to a request from the Department of Justice, and that the department initiated the move.
