House chairman threatens to find Justice official in contempt of Congress
House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) said his committee will consider a Department of Justice official to be in contempt if he does not comply with a subpoena to testify.
Cummings, in a letter sent to Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday, wrote that Barr appears "to be instructing" John Gore, a principal deputy assistant attorney general, "to defy a duly authorized congressional subpoena" requesting his testimony.
"The Committee expects Mr. Gore to testify in accordance with the Committee's lawful subpoena and the Committee's rules," the letter reads. "If Mr. Gore fails to comply with the subpoena, the Committee will consider him to be in contempt of Congress."
The letter is in response to the Department of Justice (DOJ) asserting in a letter sent to Cummings on Tuesday that it would not comply with the committee's subpoena if Gore was not permitted to have an agency lawyer with him.
Gore is wanted for testimony about a citizenship question added to the 2020 census. The Supreme Court is slated to hear oral arguments about the question later this month. Three federal judges have blocked the question from being added to the 2020 survey.
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