question to be added to the 2020 census. was it a routine decision by the commerce department or a political decision by the white house? the contempt vote came hours after president trump asserted executive privilege holding back documents related to the central question. >> for months the trump administration has claimed that the decision to add the citizenship question was made at a department level rather than at the white house. but now the president is asserting executive privilege over all of these documents. this begs the question what is being hidden? >> the commerce secretary called the move a, quote, empty stunt and the justice department accused the committee of playing political games. a panel's top republican said it was really about influencing a supreme court ruling on the