josh gardner, your honor, this is mr. gardner. i want to back up just a step and say i've been with the united states department of justice for 16 years through multiple administrations and i have also endeavored to be as candid as possible with the court. that was my best understanding of the state of affairs. the president's position on this issue like the plaintiffs -- excuse me. my best understanding of the state of affairs. i do not have a deep understanding of what that means at this juncture other than what the president has tweeted. but obviously, as you can imagine, i am doing my absolute best to figure out what's going on. i can tell you that i have confirmed that the census bureau is continuing with the process of printing the questionnaire without a citizenship question and that process has not stopped. the judge says, all right. well, i'll hear from plaintiff's counsel. and the lawyer for the plaintiff speaks. your honor, i think this underscores, obviously, the need for a stipulated order, as we talked about yesterda

josh gardner, your honor, this is mr. gardner. i want to back up a step and say i have been with the united states department of justice for 16 years through multiple administrations and i have always endeavored to be as candid as possible with the court. that was my best understanding of the state of affairs. the president's position on this issue like the plaintiffs -- excuse me. my best understanding of the state of affairs. i do not have a deep understanding of what that means other than what the president has tweeted. as you can imagine, i am doing my best to figure out what's going on. i can tell you i have confirmed that the census bureau is continuing with the process of printing the questionnaire without a citizenship question and that process has not stopped. the judge said all right. i will hear from plaintiff's counsel. the lawyer for the plaintiff speaks. >> your honor, this underscores the need for a stipulated order as we talked about yesterday that makes clear not only that the government is printing the questionna

but not department ofjustice attorney, josh gardener. mr gardner away from washington, took a call yesterday from a federal judge who was following the president‘s twitter account. and this is the tweet that puzzled them. trouble is the department of commerce has already started printing the census without the question. because last week the supreme court ruled the administration‘s reasons for including it were specious. not well reasoned. so when the judge got the department ofjustice lawyer on the phone yesterday — here is how it went... justice department lawyerjosh gardner then responded — the census question is preferable to oui’ the census question is preferable to our uk audience, but it is how the strategy unfolds and what people do about it. people do not understand from day to day what the president‘s thinking is and this is an important transcript of how it happens. battling, if i was the ceo or founder of twitter, i would be happy to recognise that domestic policy is formed on his platform. the issue is a serious one. every ten years, w