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Protect Mueller protests are erupting across the country

The “Nobody Is Above the Law” protests come in response to Donald Trump’s dismissal of Jeff Sessions.

Protect Mueller protests are erupting across the country

[Photo: The White House/Wikimedia Commons]

BY Mark Sullivan1 minute read

Protesters are out in force across the country tonight, taking part in “rapid response” demonstrations against Donald Trump’s firing of attorney general Jeff Sessions, the removal of deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein, and the installation of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general. After Democrats won control of the House in the midterms, Trump appears to be setting up the pieces to undermine Robert Mueller’s special investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Protests are planned all over the country–in as many as 1,000 cities–and large crowds are already being reported in New York’s Times Square, at the White House, in Boston, and in Seattle. The effort is supported by a large number of progressive groups including MoveOn.org, Greenpeace, Sierra Club, and Common Cause.

Trump’s selection of Whitaker as acting AG (Sessions had recused himself from oversight of the Mueller investigation) drew immediate fire, as Whitaker has already established himself as a highly partisan Trump loyalist. He has, for instance, talked down the Mueller investigation on a number of TV talk shows. The White House selected Whitaker without seeking the consent of Congress, which may present its own Constitutional issues.

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Now that the House of Representatives is in the control of Democrats–who will support the Mueller investigation with their subpoena power–the president clearly feels increasingly threatened.

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Mark Sullivan is a senior writer at Fast Company, covering emerging tech, AI, and tech policy. Before coming to Fast Company in January 2016, Sullivan wrote for VentureBeat, Light Reading, CNET, Wired, and PCWorld More


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