'Protect Mueller' Rally Draws Crowd In Bel Air

BEL AIR, MD — Demonstrators in Bel Air lined Churchville Road Thursday night in the wake of Attorney General Jeff Sessions' departure. Protesters said they were taking a stand to protect the investigation led by Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller.

Organizers dubbed the event "Nobody Is Above the Law—Mueller Protection Rapid Response."

The protest started at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 8, outside the office of Congressman Andy Harris. His office is at 15 East Churchville Road in Bel Air.

More than 100 people were reportedly part of the demonstration.

#ProtectMueller 100+ from Bel Air MD#WhitakerMustRecuse #NoOneIsAboveTheLaw #TrumpIsNotAboveTheLaw pic.twitter.com/FBZA7ujbrW
— gwynnfly (@gwynnfly) November 9, 2018

@maddow over 100 protesters in Bel Air, MD pic.twitter.com/SfyuzBNKsZ
— Helen Mann (@khcries) November 9, 2018

The protest came the day after Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced his departure from the administration at the request of President Donald Trump.

Sessions, a Trump ally who threw his weight behind the president in the 2016 election, recused himself in March 2017 from the probe investigating Russian interference in the presidential election and possible collusion by members of the Trump campaign. Sessions' deputy attorney general, Rod Rosenstein, appointed Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller to oversee the probe in May 2017 after Trump fired then-FBI director James Comey.

Demonstrators said they were worried that the integrity of the Mueller probe will be compromised by Matthew Whitaker, who is replacing Sessions and overseeing the investigation.

More than 100 people lined Route 22 Thursday night chanting things like "Congress investigate — do your job!" outside the office of Congressman Harris, who was not there at the time, according to The Aegis.

MoveOn.org, a progressive political action committee, coordinated similar protests across the country. Others were held in Annapolis,Baltimore, Catonsville, Columbia, Cumberland, Frederick, Rockville, Salisbury, Silver Spring and Towson in Maryland.

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— By Patch editors Feroze Dhanoa, Kara Seymour, Elizabeth Janney and Alessia Grunberger

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