Yahoo: Ocasio-Cortez and House Democrats roast Wilbur Ross over census citizenship question

At Thursday’s hearing, Ross appeared, at times, evasive, unconvincing and confused under the unrelenting Democratic assault. “"Were you trained by your attorneys to dodge these questions?” an irate Rep.Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., asked at one point. On several occasions, Ross cited the fact that he had turned over 8,700 pages of documents. In response to a number of questions, he cited either confidentiality or executive privilege, though it is not clear that the latter applies in his case of a departmental secretary. “It may be confidential, but it’s not privileged,” Pressley said of Ross’s communications, citing those with Gore of the Department of Justice in particular. The questioning seemed to flummox Ross on more than one occasion, suggesting that he is no longer the “killer” once celebrated by Trump.

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