Sara Carter – House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) was once a big defender of executive privilege, that is until President Donald Trump was elected.

Cummings vote Wednesday to hold Justice Department Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress is a major turn around the lawmaker, who previously supported the use of executive privilege during the Obama Administration.

Despite months of cooperation with Cummings committee, he targeted Barr and Ross for failing to comply with subpoenas seeking information on the administration’s decision to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census. Continue reading →