; and (2) deploying law enforcement officers across the country and in particular, the unidentified officers in Washington, DC, to control activity protected by the First Amendment; Whereas Attorney General Barr, echoing a common assertion by President Trump that elections in the United States are rigged , is further undermining the people’s confidence in the democratic system by making unsubstantiated claims that elections conducted by mail, which will be necessary in November 2020 because of the international coronavirus pandemic, are insecure and rife with fraud, and insinuating the results may not be legitimate; and Whereas, if the actions and events described in this resolution are accurate, 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 people: Now, therefore, be it