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Sen. Warren: DNA test shows I have Native American heritage

By BOB SALSBERG six generations removed,
Associated Press she would be 1/64th Native
BOSTON (AP) — Sen. Eliza- American. But if her ances-
beth Warren on Monday tor had been as much as
released the results of a 10 generations removed,
DNA analysis that she said that would make the in-
indicated she has some dividual a great-great-
Native American heritage, great-great-great-great-
a rebuttal to President great-great grandparent
Donald Trump, who has and render Warren only
long mocked her ancestral 1/1,024th Native American,
claims and repeatedly re- according to Blaine Bet-
ferred to her as “Pocahon- tinger, a genealogist and
tas.” author who specializes in
The Massachusetts Demo- DNA evidence. Warren’s
crat and potential 2020 effort to address questions
presidential contender about her ancestry and
challenged Trump to make the release of the video
good on his pledge to do- are her latest moves tele-
nate $1 million to charity if graphing a likely presiden-
she provided proof of Na- tial run in 2020. During the
tive American heritage, a summer, she also released
moment that was caught a decade’s worth of tax
on video. Trump falsely de- In this Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, file photo, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during a returns, drawing a contrast
nied ever making the offer town hall-style gathering in Woburn, Ma. with Trump’s unwillingness
and later said he would do- Associated Press to release his own tax doc-
nate the money only if he said he analyzed Warren’s duced by her Senate re- suggested Warren’s great- uments.
can personally administer sample without knowing election campaign. In it, great-great-grandmother, The moves seem to antici-
the genetic test. the identity of the donor. she said: “The president O.C. Sarah Smith, was at pate the type of criticism
The analysis was done by He concluded that Warren likes to call my mom a liar. least partially Native Ameri- she might face against op-
Stanford University profes- has a pure Native Ameri- What do the facts say?” can, making the senator ponents in a Democratic
sor Carlos D. Bustamante, can ancestor who prob- Bustamante replied: “The as much as 1/32nd Native primary or in a possible
a prominent expert in the ably lived six to 10 genera- facts suggest that you American. general election matchup
field. He concluded that tions ago, and that it was absolutely have Native The genealogy group has against Trump.
the great majority of War- impossible to determine American ancestry in your said it has no conclusive “She is most clearly doing
ren’s ancestry is European the individual’s tribal con- pedigree.” The analysis is evidence of her ances- the things you do if you’re
but added that the results nection. not the first evidence of try, and a spokesman said running for president,”
“strongly support” the ex- Warren, who has said her Warren’s heritage. An 1894 Monday it would not com- said Steve Elmendorf, a
istence of a Native Ameri- Native American roots document previously un- ment on the genetic find- Democratic strategist and
can ancestor. were part of “family lore,” earthed by the New Eng- ings. veteran of presidential
In his report , Bustamante also released a video pro- land Genealogical Society If Warren’s ancestor were campaigns.q

Sessions criticizes court order on deposition in census case

By ERIC TUCKER saying the question will dis- too often are behaving
Associated Press courage immigrants from like “roving inspectors gen-
WASHINGTON (AP) — At- participating in the census. eral for the entire executive
torney General Jeff Ses- The judge, Jesse M. Fur- branch.” “The words on the
sions on Monday criticized man, has said Ross can page don’t have a motive;
a court order that allows be questioned about how they are either permitted or
for the questioning of Com- the citizenship inquiry was they are not,” Sessions said.
merce Secretary Wilbur added to the census be- “But the judge has decid-
Ross on how a citizenship cause he was “personally ed to hold a trial over the
question came to be add- and directly involved in inner-workings of a Cabinet
ed to the 2020 census. the decision, and the un- Secretary’s mind.”
The court’s actions, the at- usual process leading to Sessions said the Trump ad-
torney general said in a it, to an unusual degree.” ministration plans to con-
speech to the conserva- A New York-based federal tinue challenging efforts
tive Heritage Foundation, appeals court backed Fur- by courts to expose private
represent an improper at- Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks during a news conference man’s ruling last week, but deliberations of govern-
tempt “to hold a trial over at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia in Supreme Court Justice Ruth ment agencies, or force
the inner-workings of a Washington, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, to announce on efforts to Bader Ginsburg issued a the questioning of officials
Cabinet secretary’s mind.” reduce transnational crime. temporary stay. under oath.
With his remarks, Sessions Associated Press In prepared remarks, Ses- “This is why we are taking
waded into a simmering dition of Justice Brett Kava- a question on citizenship sions decried the court or- these discovery fights to
legal dispute that may ul- naugh. legally can be included der as but one example of the Supreme Court in emer-
timately be resolved by The conflict centers on a on the census. Plaintiffs judges improperly scrutiniz- gency postures,” Sessions
the Supreme Court, which judge’s order that Ross in two lawsuits, including ing “internal deliberations” said. “They are disrupting
solidified its conservative may be deposed by law- more than a dozen states of an executive branch orderly governmental func-
majority with the recent ad- yers challenging whether and big cities, have sued, decision. He said judges tions at great cost.”q