IV 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 757 

Calling for the resignation and disbarment of United States Attorney General 

William P. Barr, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 10, 2019 

Mr. RUSH submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Calling for the resignation and disbarment of United States 

Attorney General William P. Barr, and for other purposes. 

Whereas, on March 24, 2019, United States Attorney General William P. Barr deliberately mischaracterized the 

‘‘Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference 

In The 2016 Presidential Election’’ issued by Special 

Counsel Robert S. Mueller, III; 

Whereas, on March 25, 2019, at Attorney General Barr’s direction, the Department of Justice ceased defending the 

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 

111–148), a duly enacted law under the United States 

Constitution; 

Whereas, on April 24, 2019, Attorney General Barr directed 

then-Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore of the 

Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division to defy a 


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subpoena from the House Oversight and Reform Committee pertaining to its investigation of the 2020 census; 

Whereas, on July 8, 2019, Attorney General Barr deliberately mischaracterized the legal reasoning behind the 

Trump administration’s desire to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census and abruptly removed career Department of Justice attorneys in an unprecedented attempt to undermine a ruling by the Supreme Court of 

the United States; 

Whereas, on July 16, 2019, Attorney General Barr ignored 

the recommendation of the Department of Justice’s Civil 

Rights Division by declining to bring charges against the 

New York Police Department officer in the death of Eric 

Garner; 

Whereas, on July 17, 2019, the United States House of Representatives voted to hold Attorney General Barr in 

criminal contempt of Congress for his refusal to comply 

with a duly-issued subpoena and deliberate obstruction of 

congressional oversight authority; 

Whereas, on December 4, 2019, Attorney General Barr 

threatened the withholding of police protection from communities that do not show ‘‘support and respect’’ to law 

enforcement, a statement that has been interpreted as 

being directed at communities of color that protest police 

violence; 

Whereas Attorney General Barr has perpetuated and promulgated conspiracy theories that have been repeatedly debunked by United States law enforcement and intelligence agencies, including before a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, where he referred to legitimate 

and legal law enforcement surveillance as ‘‘spying’’, and 


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while traveling abroad to meet with foreign intelligence 

officials where he has continued to spread this disinformation; 

Whereas Attorney General Barr has used taxpayer funds for 

international travel to seek foreign assistance in investigating a domestic political rival of the President of the 

United States; 

Whereas Attorney General Barr has sought to undermine the 

Department of Justice inspector general’s report ‘‘Review 

of Four FISA Applications and Other Aspects of the 

FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane Investigation’’, regarding the 

Federal Bureau of Investigation’s investigation of the 

Trump campaign; and 

Whereas Attorney General Barr has refused to recuse himself 

from any Ukraine-related matters in which he is allegedly 

involved: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) condemns United States Attorney General 

3 William P. Barr for his despicable comments and ac4 tions; 

5 (2) calls on United States Attorney General 

6 William P. Barr to resign; 

7 (3) calls on the Virginia State Bar to remove 

8 United States Attorney General William P. Barr 

9 from its rolls; 

10 (4) calls on the New York State Bar Associa11 tion to remove United States Attorney General Wil12 liam P. Barr from its rolls; 


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1 (5) calls on the District of Columbia Bar to re2 move United States Attorney General William P. 

3 Barr from its rolls; 

4 (6) reaffirms support for the diversity of the 

5 United States; and 

6 (7) reaffirms, in the strongest terms, its sup7 port for and commitment to the 14th Amendment to 

8 the United States Constitution. 

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