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JUST IN: House votes 230-198 to hold AG William Barr & Commerce @SecretaryRoss in contempt for refusing to release full copies of these emails abt Trump admin's failed #CitizenshipQuestion push (watching to see if @RepCummings now asks for court order)👇

npr.org/2019/06/14/732…

@SecretaryRoss @RepCummings 2. NEW: White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham calls House voting to hold AG & commerce secretary in contempt "ridiculous" & criticizes House Democrats continuing to "demand documents that are subject to executive privilege"👇

@SecretaryRoss @RepCummings 3. Commerce @SecretaryRoss calls the House holding him in contempt of Congress a "PR stunt" by House Democrats that "further demonstrates their unending quest to generate headlines instead of operating in good faith with our Department"👇

@SecretaryRoss @RepCummings 4. Chair of House @OversightDems @RepCummings tweets: "AG Barr & Sec. Ross have blatantly obstructed our ability to conduct oversight into why the Admin wanted to add a citizenship question."👇

https://twitter.com/RepCummings/status/1151622830615924736

@SecretaryRoss @RepCummings @OversightDems 5. @TheJusticeDept spokesperson Kerri Kupec calls the House voting to hold AG William Barr in contempt "nothing more than a political stunt."👇

@SecretaryRoss @RepCummings @OversightDems @TheJusticeDept 6. @LeaderHoyer: resolution's "necessary next step ... to compel Attorney General Barr & Secretary Ross to cooperate with this investigation, which is critical to ensuring that the American people learn the full facts about what the Trump Administration is doing in their name.”

@SecretaryRoss @RepCummings @OversightDems @TheJusticeDept @LeaderHoyer 7. @civilrightsorg's @vanitaguptaCR, a former DOJ official during Obama admin, says, "The American people deserve to know more about the administration’s failed plan to rig the census and hurt communities of color in an effort to consolidate a white Republican electorate."

@SecretaryRoss @RepCummings @OversightDems @TheJusticeDept @LeaderHoyer @civilrightsorg @vanitaguptaCR 8. The 4 Democrats who voted against holding the AG & commerce secretary in contempt:

- Anthony Brindisi of NY
- Jared Golden of Maine
- Conor Lamb of Pennsylvania
- Jefferson Van Drew of NJ

clerk.house.gov/evs/2019/roll4…

@SecretaryRoss @RepCummings @OversightDems @TheJusticeDept @LeaderHoyer @civilrightsorg @vanitaguptaCR 9. Here's the resolution the House voted to pass to hold the AG & commerce secretary in contempt for refusing to release full copies of internal emails about the Trump admin's failed push for a #CitizenshipQuestion👇

docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/…