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BREAKING: There is a shakeup in Trump admin's legal team involved in getting a #CitizenshipQuestion on the #2020Census. @TheJusticeDept is "shifting these matters to a new team of Civil Division lawyers going forward," DOJ spokesperson Kerri Kupec says in a written statement👇
@TheJusticeDept 2. I'm watching court dockets for @TheJusticeDept filings on lawyer shakeup for #CitizenshipQuestion cases.

I did find fewer career DOJ attorney names listed in recent filings for Maryland cases after President Trump's July 3 tweets.

On left, June 28 & on right, July 5👇
@TheJusticeDept 3. Last week, career DOJ attorney Josh Gardner was apparently caught off guard by President Trump's #CitizenshipQuestion tweets, which judge said "directly contradicted" Gardner telling court admin was moving forward w #2020Census forms w/o the question👇

documentcloud.org/documents/6182…
@TheJusticeDept 4. "I do not have a deeper understanding of what that means at this juncture other than what the President has tweeted. But, obviously, as you can imagine, I am doing my absolute best to figure out what's going on," DOJ career attorney Josh Gardner said👇

documentcloud.org/documents/6182…
@TheJusticeDept 5. Here's my write-up (with an assist from @johnson_carrie) on the latest twist in the legal battle over the #CitizenshipQuestion the Trump administrations wants on the #2020Census👇

npr.org/2019/07/07/739…
@TheJusticeDept @johnson_carrie 6. While we wait for @TheJusticeDept to file court papers, DOJ officials told @NPR Sunday the new legal team for #CitizenshipQuestion cases would include lawyers from DOJ's Consumer Protection Branch, which does not include the census among focus areas👇

justice.gov/civil/practice…
@TheJusticeDept @johnson_carrie @NPR 7. The branch of @TheJusticeDept's Civil Division that does focus on the census is the Federal Programs Branch, which is where the career DOJ attorneys (including Josh Gardner) that have been on the #CitizenshipQuestion
cases are from👇

justice.gov/civil/federal-…
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