NOW: Tonight in census citizenship question litigation news — DOJ announces that a new team of lawyers will be taking over the cases, doesn’t give a reason or specify who exactly is stepping in (we’ll find in new filings tomorrow) pic.twitter.com/wNZXoHIzpf

— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) July 8, 2019

Recall the memorable comments from the career DOJ lawyer in the Maryland case last week, in which he essentially said he had no idea what was going on once Trump started tweeting https://t.co/ANMCz2Floj

— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) July 8, 2019

Also per the DOJ official, the move away from the Federal Programs Branch means it’ll no longer be overseen by the head of that branch, James Burnham. Official declined to say who would be taking over his role

— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) July 8, 2019