States. . In December 2018, Director Coates submitted the report of the intelligence community on foreign interference in the 2018 midterm elections, which found that Russia continued to conduct influence activities and messaging campaigns targeted at the United States to promote its strategic interests. (4) Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report, released in April 2019, concluded that, The Russian government interfered in the 2016 presidential election in a sweeping and systemic fashion. On July 24, 2019, during congressional testimony, Mueller noted that Russia’s malign efforts to interfere in United States elections were continuing as we sit here . (5) On August 7, 2020, in an Election Threat Update for the American Public , National Counterintelligence and Security Center Director William Evanina included Russia among foreign states of primary concern that continue to use covert and overt influence measures in its attempts to sway U.S. voters’ preferences and perspectives, shift U.S. policies, increase discord in the United States, and undermine the American people’s confidence in our democratic process . (6) On September 10, 2020, the Department of the Treasury issued sanctions targeting a Russian agent and other Russia-linked individuals for interference in United States elections, including efforts to influence the 2020 United States presidential election. (7) On September 17, 2020, during congressional testimony, FBI Director Wray stated that the intelligence community has observed very active, very active, efforts by the Russians to influence our election in 2020 , and that this has been done to primarily to denigrate Vice President Biden in what the Russians see as a kind of an anti-Russian establishment . 3. Sense of Congress on Russian interference in United States elections It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the Government of Russia has continued to interfere in the 2020 United States presidential election