Updated 11:00 a.m. ET Tuesday
The Justice Department has discussed the possibility that federal law protecting the confidentiality of responses to the U.S. census may eventually be reconsidered, an internal Trump administration email shows.
Sharing individuals’ census information with law enforcement and national security officers may “come up later for renewed debate,” a former Justice Department official suggested in a June 12 email discussing an Obama-era memo issued by the department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC).
Read this story now for free
To continue reading, sign up for our newsletter and get unlimited access to WABE.org
You can select your preferences for news and local content. We will never share your email address. Learn how your newsletter sign-up will support WABE and Public Media
