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Judge grants sanctions against DOJ over citizenship question

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AP Washington
Last Updated : May 22 2020 | 12:08 AM IST

A federal judge on Thursday agreed to impose financial sanctions against the Trump administration for failing to produce hundreds of documents during litigation over whether a citizenship question could be added to the 2020 census.

US District Judge Jesse Furman said in a ruling that the Trump administration's failure to produce the documents may well have been inadvertent, but is nevertheless unacceptable for any litigant, and particularly for the Department of Justice."

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First Published: May 22 2020 | 12:08 AM IST

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