,,iv #aafth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,h4 ,,res4 #ajcb ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,june #cj1 #bjbj,mr4 ,cohen 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,danny ,k4 ,davis of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,huffman1 ,mr4 ,takano1 ,mr4 ,cooper1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,mr4 ,pascrell1 ,mr4 ,carson of ,indiana1 ,mrs4 ,beatty1 ,ms4 ,omar1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4 ,kennedy1 ,ms4 ,waters1 ,mr4 ,green of ,texas1 ,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman1 ,mr4 ,cicilline1 ,mr4 ,rush1 ,mr4 ,yarmuth1 ,mr4 ,neal1 ,mr4 ,meeks1 ,mr4 ,garca of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,clay1 ,mr4 ,connolly1 ,mr4 ,beyer1 ,mr4 ,evans1 ,mr4 ,swalwell of ,california1 ,mr4 ,quigley1 ,ms4 ,pressley1 ,ms4 ,velzquez1 ,mr4 ,perlmutter1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1 ,mrs4 ,lawrence1 ,mr4 ,lowenthal1 ,mr4 ,ted ,lieu of ,california1 and ,ms4 ,tlaib7 submitted the following resolution2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,rules ,,resolution ,instructing the ,committee on the ,judiciary to further its inquiry into the misconduct of ,william ,p4 ,barr1 ,attorney ,general of the ,united ,states4 ,whereas ,william ,p4 ,barr1 ,attorney ,general of the ,united ,states1 has taken deliberate actions that violate the rights of the ,american people1 assault the principle of impartial administration of justice1 and undermine the constitutional structure of separation of powers across three co-equal branches of ,government2 ,whereas ,attorney ,general ,barr abused the power of his office to initiate pretextual antitrust investigations into unpopular ,american corporations in the cannabis1 automobile1 and technology industries2 ,whereas such investigations misused the resources ,congress appropriated for the ,department of ,justice to harass and intimidate companies based on ,president ,donald ,j4 ,trump's whims and without a proper legal predicate for such investigations2 ,whereas ,attorney ,general ,barr impaired the proper function of the ,congress of the ,united ,states1 a coequal branch of ,government1 by-- 7#a7 withholding subpoenaed information1 including ,special ,counsel ,robert ,mueller's full report1 and refusing to appear before the ,house of ,representatives ,committee on the ,judiciary on ,march #b1 #bjai2 7#b7 failing to comply with a subpoena issued by the ,house of ,representatives ,committee on ,oversight and ,reform on ,april #b1 #bjai1 to produce documents2 7#c7 ordering a ,department of ,justice employee1 ,john ,gore1 not to comply with a ,committee on ,oversight and ,reform subpoena requiring him to appear for deposition testimony before the ,committee on ,april #aa1 #bjai2 and 7#d7 prohibiting the referral of the ,intelligence ,community whistleblower complaint to the ,house ,permanent ,select ,committee on ,intelligence as directed by law2 ,whereas ,attorney ,general ,barr eroded confidence in the judicial system by questioning the legitimacy of ,department of ,justice investigations and discrediting the ,department's finding1 by-- 7#a7 casting aspersions on the lawful inquiry into foreign interference in the #bjaf ,presidential elections calling it a travesty and repeatedly asserting the ,united ,states spied on then candidate ,donald ,trump's campaign2 7#b7 misleading the ,congress and the public by offering a summary letter of the ,special ,counsel ,robert ,mueller's report that1 according to ,mueller1 did not fully capture the context1 nature1 and substance of this ,office's work and conclusion and created ,public confusion about critical aspects of the results of our investigation4 ,this threatens to undermine a central purpose for which the ,department appointed the ,special ,counsel3 to assure full public confidence in the outcome of the investigation12 and 7#c7 soliciting foreign assistance for information that would raise doubts about the origins and integrity of the investigation into the foreign inference in the #bjaf election2 ,whereas ,attorney ,general ,barr has abused his office to further the personal political goals of ,president ,trump and target former ,vice ,president ,joe ,biden1 a candidate for ,president in #bjbj1 by announcing that the ,department of ,justice is accepting and reviewing information from the ,president's personal attorney1 ,rudolph ,giuliani1 who has peddled disproven conspiracy theories about ,vice ,president ,joe ,biden's and his son1 ,hunter ,biden's1 engagement in ,ukraine2 ,whereas ,president ,trump withheld congressionally approved military assistance to ,ukraine to pressure that nation to announce an investigation into the same conspiracy theories promoted by ,rudolph ,giuliani in an effort to smear ,vice ,president ,joe ,biden and further ,president ,trump's election prospects1 an offense that ultimately led to the ,president ,trump's impeachment2 ,whereas ,attorney ,general ,barr has obstructed justice1 undermined the ,american people's confidence in the criminal justice system1 abused the authority of his office1 and violated the principle of equal justice under law1 by repeatedly providing favor to the friends and political allies of ,president ,trump1 including-- 7#a7 interfering with the prosecution of ,president ,trump's former attorney1 ,michael ,cohen1 who pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations in connection with ,donald ,trump's #bjaf campaign for ,president2 7#b7 endeavoring to shield ,president ,trump from criminal charges for campaign finance violations by having the ,department of ,justice write a memorandum designed to undercut the legal rationale for ,michael ,cohen's prosecution and subsequent prosecutions in the case1 knowing ,president ,trump1 identified as ,individual #a in the ,government's complaint1 directed ,cohen's actions and therefore may also be criminally liable2 7#c7 corruptly pressuring acting ,united ,states ,attorney ,timothy ,shea1 and in so doing career prosecutors in the ,united ,states ,attorney's ,office1 to reduce the recommended sentence for ,president ,trump's friend and campaign advisor ,roger ,stone and cut ,stone a break because of political concerns2 7#d7 creating a culture of intimidation within the ,department of ,justice designed to provide preferential treatment to the friends and associates of ,president ,trump such that a career prosecutor testified to the ,house of ,representatives that if ,roger ,stone was not provided special treatment1 the prosecutor would loose his job2 7#e7 overruling the career prosecutors in the ,department of ,justice and instructing ,united ,states ,attorney ,timothy ,shea to move to dismiss the false-statements charges against ,michael ,flynn1 former ,donald ,trump campaign advisor and ,white ,house ,national ,security ,advisor1 even after ,flynn had pleaded guilty1 based on a distortion of the record2 7#f7 decontextualizing the words of acting ,assistant ,attorney ,general for ,national ,security1 ,mary ,b4 ,mc,cord1 in an effort to mislead the ,court and the ,american public about the legality and process of the investigation into ,flynn's contacts with ,russian ,ambassador ,sergey ,kislyak2 and 7#g7 removing without cause acting ,united ,states ,attorney for the ,southern ,district of ,new ,york1 ,geoffrey ,berman1 who was overseeing several investigations into the friends and associates of ,president ,trump1 including-- 7,a7 the ,president's #bjaf inaugural committee2 7,b7 ,president ,trump's former attorney ,michael ,cohen2 7,c7 ,president ,trump's attorney ,rudolph ,giuliani2 7,d7 ,giuliani's associates ,lev ,parnas and ,igor ,fruman2 and 7,e7 ,deutsche ,bank1 a financial institution with an extensive business relationship with ,president ,trump1 the ,trump ,organization1 and entities controlled by the family of his son-in-law1 ,jared ,kushner2 ,whereas such a pattern interference in the specific cases that may affect the ,president or his family1 friends1 or interests1 raises a logical inference that ,attorney ,general ,barr is acting corruptly to protect ,president ,trump from any criminal culpability and effectively placing the ,president beyond the reach of the law2 ,whereas the ,new ,york ,city ,bar1 raised enormous concerns about ,united ,states ,attorney ,geoff ,berman's firing1 stating that ,attorney ,general ,barr's actions to summarily remove a ,u4,s4 ,attorney in a context in which associates of the ,president 7and possibly the ,president himself7 are reported to be under active investigation by that office suggests political interference and undermines confidence in the integrity of our justice system2 ,whereas the ,new ,york ,city ,bar ,association called on ,congress to examine closely ,mr4 ,barr's motives for taking this precipitous action and whether or not he communicated with the president before1 during or after doing so2 ,whereas ,attorney ,general ,barr violated rights of ,american ,people enshrined in the ,first ,amendment of the ,united ,states ,constitution by-- 7#a7 ordering the dispersal of a peaceful racial justice protest on ,lafayette ,square and ,h ,street1 ,northwest in ,washington1 ,district of ,columbia1 with chemical agents1 flash bangs1 and batons so that ,president ,trump could walk across ,lafayette ,square to the site of the recently cleared protest for a photo opportunity2 and 7#b7 deploying law enforcement officers across the country and in particular1 the unidentified officers in ,washington1 ,,dc1 to control activity protected by the ,first ,amendment2 ,whereas ,attorney ,general ,barr1 echoing a common assertion by ,president ,trump that elections in the ,united ,states are rigged1 is further undermining the people's confidence in the democratic system by making unsubstantiated claims that elections conducted by mail1 which will be necessary in ,november #bjbj because of the international coronavirus pandemic1 are insecure and rife with fraud1 and insinuating the results may not be legitimate2 and ,whereas1 if the actions and events described in this resolution are accurate1 ,attorney ,general ,barr would have repeatedly engaged in misconduct that would constitute a gross violation of his oath of office and betrayal of trust of the ,american people3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that-- 7#a7 the ,committee on the ,judiciary shall inquire into the foregoing instances to determine whether the ,house of ,representatives should impeach ,william ,p4 ,barr1 ,attorney ,general of the ,united ,states2 7#b7 the ,committee on the ,judiciary or any subcommittee or task force designated by the ,committee may1 in connection with the inquiry under this resolution1 take affidavits and depositions by a member1 counsel1 or consultant of the ,committee1 pursuant to notice or subpoena2 7#c7 in any impeachment inquiry designated as such by the ,chairman of the ,committee on the ,judiciary1 the ,committee on the ,judiciary shall apply the rules described in section #d of ,h4 ,res4 #ffj1 as engrossed in the ,house of ,representatives on ,october #ca1 #bjai1 to the subject of such an impeachment inquiry2 and 7#d7 there shall be paid out of the applicable accounts of the ,house of ,representatives such sums as may be necessary to assist the ,committee on the ,judiciary in conducting the inquiry under this resolution1 any of which may be used for the procurement of staff or consultant services4