Appeals Court Rules DOJ Official Must Testify For Census Lawsuits
A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court order to depose Justice Department official John Gore about the 2020 census citizenship question DOJ requested.
by Hansi Lo Wang
Sep 25, 2018
3 minutes
Updated 11:48 p.m. ET
Justice Department official John Gore must sit for questioning by attorneys for the lawsuits over the citizenship question his department requested to be added to the 2020 census, a three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
released hours after hearing oral arguments on Tuesday, the three judges wrote, "We find no clear abuse of discretion in the district court's determination that Acting Assistant Attorney General
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