The case was being handled by a Justice Department career guy…
The case is going to former Trump White House guy, a political appointee….
Get the message?
The Justice Department (DOJ) is shifting matters involving efforts to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census to a new team of lawyers.
“As will be reflected in filings tomorrow in the census-related cases, the Department of Justice is shifting these matters to a new team of Civil Division lawyers going forward,” DOJ spokesperson Kerri Kupec told The Hill in a statement on Sunday.
“Since these cases began, the lawyers representing the United States in these cases have given countless hours to defending the Commerce Department and have consistently demonstrated the highest professionalism, integrity, and skill inside and outside the courtroom.”
“The Attorney General appreciates that service, thanks them for their work on these important matters, and is confident that the new team will carry on in the same exemplary fashion as the cases progress,” Kupec added.
A DOJ official told ABC News earlier that James Burnham, currently the deputy attorney general in the department’s civil division, and a former lawyer in the White House counsel’s office, will be leaving the team….
It is reported that AG Barr will suggest that Trump simply write a memo directed the Commerce Dept to have the Census Bureau include the citizenship question…
a simple majority of the Supremes s did indicate that a President could change the format of the Census form….
The NY judge handling the case is unlikely to allow the addition of the question…
Barr also see’s no reason for Mueller to go before Congress….