Wilbur Ross
Ross faces allegations that he lied to Congress about the process of adding the question.
Adding a citizenship question to the census could be one of the Trump administration's most flagrant and consequential scandals.
Even if the question ultimately winds up on the census, a federal lawsuit showed just how determined the administration was to get it on the survey.
The researcher says he outlined the cost and harm of adding the question. It didn't matter.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Such slurs are "evidence that official action may be motivated" by an "unlawful purpose," according to the ruling.
The Census Bureau's top scientist did not favor adding a citizenship question and had found a better alternative.
The challengers in the case argued Ross had unique insight into the decision to add a citizenship question.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross previously said that the Trump administration did not discuss the question with his department.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and a top DOJ official don’t want to answer questions about that 2020 census query.
The administration really doesn't want Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and a top Justice Department official to be deposed.