CENSUS/CONGRESS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WILBUR ROSS: “An admission by the Justice Department is renewing questions about whether Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told Congress the truth about the controversial citizenship question on the 2020 census. Steve Bannon, who was at the time a top adviser to President Donald Trump, contacted Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in the spring of 2017 and asked him to talk with Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who led the administration’s review of alleged voter fraud, about including a citizenship question on the census, according to a court filing. Ross, however, told Congress a different story at two congressional hearings in March 2018. ‘Has the President or anyone in the White House discussed with you or anyone on your team about adding this citizenship question?’ asked Rep. Grace Meng, a New York Democrat. Ross replied: ‘I’m not aware of any such.'”
–Ariane de Vogue, Gregory Wallace and Paul LeBlanc, “Justice Department filing appears to contradict commerce secretary testimony to Congress,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, October 11, 2018 7:21 pm