COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND REFORM, UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES v. BARR et al

  1. August 31, 2021

    House, Biden Ink Deal In Subpoena For Trump Census Docs

    House Democrats and the Biden administration ​told a D.C. federal judge they have reached an agreement that could end a lawsuit seeking to disclose documents tied to former President Donald Trump's failed effort to add a citizenship question to the 2020 U.S. census.

  2. August 27, 2020

    McGahn Case Likely To Impact Dems' Suit For Census Docs

    A D.C. federal judge signaled Thursday that he would order the disclosure of documents tied to a failed effort to ask about citizenship in the 2020 census if Democrats clear a legal hurdle in their unrelated effort to compel former White House counsel Don McGahn to testify before Congress.

  3. January 30, 2020

    Judge Scolds DOJ Over House Dems' Census Subpoena Fight

    The U.S. Department of Justice's sweeping assertion that the U.S. House of Representatives lacks the authority to enforce a subpoena in court and that the chamber could impeach President Donald Trump for defying subpoenas seemed to leave a D.C. federal judge baffled Thursday, even as he expressed reluctance to wade too far into the interbranch dispute.

  4. November 26, 2019

    Lawmakers Sue Trump Admin. To Enforce Census Subpoenas

    A House oversight panel sued the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Commerce on Tuesday, alleging that they refused to turn over documents related to the Trump administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.