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Lawmakers To Subpoena DOJ Official Over Census Citizenship Question

A Justice Department official was invited to testify at a congressional hearing about the DOJ's request that the 2020 census ask about citizenship. But he didn't show up.

Lawmakers are planning to issue a subpoena for a Justice Department official to testify about why the department requested a controversial, new citizenship question to be added to 2020 census forms. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee had invited the acting head of the DOJ's civil rights division, John Gore, to appear Tuesday at. But Gore was a no-show.

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