BREAKING: Trump admin tells federal judge it may have found more than 2,000 additional documents it should have disclosed earlier for the lawsuits over the now-blocked citizenship question. From @TheJusticeDept letter to U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman👇
documentcloud.org/documents/6589…
documentcloud.org/documents/6589…
@TheJusticeDept 2. @TheJusticeDept attorneys say 2,062 emails and attachments didn't turn up in their initial searches because of a "technical error," adding many of these documents are duplicates of docs already disclosed for lawsuits over the now-blocked citizenship question.
@TheJusticeDept 3. DOJ says an "initial search" of the 2,062 docs shows none of them contain “Hofeller” (as in Thomas Hofeller, the GOP strategist who concluded a census citizenship question could be "advantageous to Republicans & Non-Hispanic Whites") or “Oldham” (Hofeller's business partner).
@TheJusticeDept 4. DOJ's search did find that 5 of the 2,062 documents do contain “Neuman” or “Newman” (as in Mark Neuman, the former adviser to Commerce @SecretaryRoss on census issues).
@TheJusticeDept @SecretaryRoss 5. The Trump administration estimates it can start releasing any relevant citizenship-question documents from the 2,062 newly discovered emails and attachments by no later than Jan. 31, finishing no later than Feb. 28 (less than 2 weeks before the #2020Census is fully underway)👇
@TheJusticeDept @SecretaryRoss 6. We're still talking about internal docs about the now-blocked citizenship question bc last month the Trump admin said it found 26 previously undisclosed emails and attachments, totalling 41 pages, from files of @uscensusbureau official Christa Jones👇
npr.org/2019/11/27/782…
npr.org/2019/11/27/782…
@TheJusticeDept @SecretaryRoss @uscensusbureau 7. The citizenship question has been permanently blocked from #2020Census, but the Trump admin is still facing allegations by @ACLU, @NYCLU, @arnoldporter attorneys of withholding evidence and providing misleading or false testimony during the lawsuits👇
npr.org/2019/07/16/742…
npr.org/2019/07/16/742…
@TheJusticeDept @SecretaryRoss @uscensusbureau @ACLU @NYCLU @arnoldporter 8. Here again are those 26 previously undisclosed documents from the files of @uscensusbureau official Christa Jones👇
documentcloud.org/documents/6560…
documentcloud.org/documents/6560…
@TheJusticeDept @SecretaryRoss @uscensusbureau @ACLU @NYCLU @arnoldporter 9. By the way, this news about these 2,062 emails and attachments comes after DOJ attorneys told U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman last week that they couldn't figure out why their initial searches were apparently incomplete👇
@TheJusticeDept @SecretaryRoss @uscensusbureau @ACLU @NYCLU @arnoldporter 10. It's worth pointing out that DOJ's disclosure of these 2,062 documents comes after some prodding by U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman👇
11. UPDATE: U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman says he’s “inclined to believe” Trump admin “should be required to complete their review of the new documents more quickly than they have proposed” (more than a month). Judge has asked attorneys to figure out next steps by Dec. 27👇
