More in this oversight committee memo:
When Mr. Kobach was asked whether he had additional meetings with the President or his aides other than those that have been publicly disclosed, his attorney stepped in to block him from answering, citing the direction from the White House and claiming that it was âprivileged information.â He was asked again: âthe question, just to be very clear, is whether there were
other meetings later, not the substance of those meetings, but whether there were other meetings after that first set of meetings.â In response, his attorney stated:
[H]e may have had other meetings, but heâs not going to reveal whether or not they involved the Census question. Thatâs privileged. The White House has asserted a complete privilege over those issues.