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Judge Calls Trump Administration Out For Multiple ‘Misleading’ Claims About Census Citizenship Question

on May 14, 2018 in Washington, DC.
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 14: U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross delivers keynote remarks during the Newsmakers Luncheon at the National Press Club May 14, 2018 in Washington, DC. Last month the Commerce Department bann... WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 14: U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross delivers keynote remarks during the Newsmakers Luncheon at the National Press Club May 14, 2018 in Washington, DC. Last month the Commerce Department banned shipments of American technology to Chinese telecommunications equipment manufacturer ZTE for seven years, saying that the company broke sanctions against Iran and North Korea and then lied about it. But after ZTE announced it may collapse due to the U.S. sanctions, President Donald Trump said he would work with Chinese President Xi Jinping to ease the damage. "Too many jobs in China lost", he tweeted. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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January 15, 2019 3:20 p.m.

In an opinion Tuesday declaring illegal the Trump administration’s move to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman went into great detail about “inaccurate” claims that the Trump administration made while defending its decision to add the question.

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