Thread by @hansilowang

NEW: More than 10 months after federal judge in NY ruled on case over now-blocked citizenship question, Trump admin attorneys say they learned last week of previously undisclosed emails from files of @uscensusbureau official Christa Jones. Read them here👇
documentcloud.org/documents/6560…

@uscensusbureau 2. @TheJusticeDept attorneys say these Christa Jones emails were "inadvertantly" not shared with plaintiffs' attorneys when the case was still active -- something that "only came to light last week" when @CommerceGov was reviewing files to respond to a request from Congress👇

@uscensusbureau @TheJusticeDept @CommerceGov 3. There may be more emails and other internal documents about the now-blocked citizenship question the Trump admin has not disclosed yet. The @TheJusticeDept says it's "still investigating" if any other documents were "similarly inadvertently omitted" when lawsuits were active👇

@uscensusbureau @TheJusticeDept @CommerceGov 4. Most of these newly disclosed emails from the files of @uscensusbureau official Christa Jones are copies of emails we've seen before. Here's my earlier round-up of the juiciest emails from the legal saga over now-blocked citizenship question👇
npr.org/2018/11/04/661…

@uscensusbureau @TheJusticeDept @CommerceGov 5. But a couple of these newly disclosed Christa Jones emails stick out...

@uscensusbureau @TheJusticeDept @CommerceGov 6. In February 2018 - before @CommerceGov @SecretaryRoss announced his decision to add the now-blocked citizenship question to #2020Census -- the @uscensusbureau was in discussions about getting citizenship records from @USCIS👇
documentcloud.org/documents/6560…

@uscensusbureau @TheJusticeDept @CommerceGov @SecretaryRoss @USCIS 7. Remember: @uscensusbureau recommended to @SecretaryRoss compiling gov't records as more accurate & cheaper alternative to adding a citizenship question. Ross wanted question. Courts said no. Now we're back to using records -- and another legal fight👇
npr.org/2019/09/13/760…

@uscensusbureau @TheJusticeDept @CommerceGov @SecretaryRoss @USCIS 8. Another interesting email chain started days before @SecretaryRoss released his decisional memo about adding the now-blocked citizenship question. It shows that @CommerceGov shared a draft of that memo with @uscensusbureau official Christa Jones👇
documentcloud.org/documents/6560…

@uscensusbureau @TheJusticeDept @CommerceGov @SecretaryRoss @USCIS 9. Context: Ron Jarmin, who was serving as acting director of @uscensusbureau in March 2018, testified out of court that bureau officials gave feedback on draft of @SecretaryRoss' memo about the now-blocked citizenship question to "make sure that it was technically correct"👇

@uscensusbureau @TheJusticeDept @CommerceGov @SecretaryRoss @USCIS 10. Wider context: I'm still tweeting about citizenship question emails more than 1.5 years I started reading them because @ACLU @NYCLU @arnoldporter attorneys have accused Trump admin of withholding evidence & giving false testimony during lawsuits👇
npr.org/2019/07/16/742…

@uscensusbureau @TheJusticeDept @CommerceGov @SecretaryRoss @USCIS @ACLU @NYCLU @arnoldporter 11. And apparently we wouldn't have known about these newly disclosed Christa Jones emails if House @OversightDems hadn't kept asking Trump admin for internal docs about the now-blocked citizenship question.

House Oversight recently uncovered this👇
npr.org/2019/11/12/778…

@uscensusbureau @TheJusticeDept @CommerceGov @SecretaryRoss @USCIS @ACLU @NYCLU @arnoldporter @OversightDems 12. UPDATE: U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman of NY is giving plaintiffs repped by @ACLU, @NYCLU, @arnoldporter until Dec. 3 to formally respond on whether these newly disclosed emails have "any bearing on the pending motion for sanctions" against Trump admin👇