Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has shifted his explanation for adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census, saying he now recalls discussing it with Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump’s former chief strategist, according to court documents filed Thursday.
Mr. Ross, who faces a court order to provide a deposition to the plaintiffs in a lawsuit seeking to strip the question from the questionnaire, told a congressional committee earlier this year that he had only talked about the question with Justice Department officials to determine its legality.
Wilbur Ross Changes Story on Discussions of Citizenship Question for Census
The Commerce secretary faces a court order to provide a deposition to plaintiffs in a lawsuit seeking to strip the question from the census.
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