DOJ’s John Gore Changes Story on Where Citizenship Census Question Originated March 14, 2019, 8:05 amcensus litigation, Department of JusticeRick Hasen 15. JUST IN: DOJ official who wrote #CitizenshipQuestion request, John Gore, admitted a fmr "Transition Team official provided him an initial draft of a letter" from DOJ asking for the citizenship question to be added, according to @RepCummings statement https://t.co/pS5vsGzUde pic.twitter.com/7tHf7YKuT2— Hansi Lo Wang (@hansilowang) March 14, 2019 16. John Gore previously testified for #CitizenshipQuestion lawsuit deposition that he wrote the 1st draft of the DOJ letter to the Census Bureau requesting the question.From his exchange with @ACLU attorney @dale_e_ho👇https://t.co/LpFmi9VHN5 pic.twitter.com/VMS30DvKGt— Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) (@hansilowang) March 14, 2019 https://twitter.com/hansilowang/status/1106204255583645701 (I’m adding a new category, Census litigation, to the blog. Earlier census stories were often coded using the Redistricting category.) Share this: