Attorney: Congressional seat data not ready until February

A Trump administration attorney says the numbers used for deciding how many congressional seats each state gets won’t be ready until mid-February at the earliest. Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Coghlan said during a court hearing Monday that the U.S. Census Bureau has found new irregularities in the census data that determines congressional seat allocations and the distribution of $1.5 trillion in federal spending each year. Not having the apportionment numbers finished before Pres