'Protect Mueller' Protest Planned In Columbia

COLUMBIA, MD — Those advocating for the protection of Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller in the wake of Attorney General Jeff Sessions' departure are planning a protest Thursday in Columbia. Organizers are calling the demonstration "Nobody Is Above the Law—Mueller Protection Rapid Response."

The protest is set to start at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 8.

It will begin in front of the AMC movie theater at The Mall in Columbia then proceed to Governor Warfield Parkway and near MD 175 at 6 p.m., according to organizers.

MoveOn.org, a progressive political action committee, is coordinating similar protests across the country.

Others in Maryland will be in Annapolis, Baltimore, Bel Air, Catonsville, Cumberland, Frederick, Rockville, Salisbury, Silver Spring and Towson.

The protests come one day after Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced he is leaving the administration at the request of President Donald Trump.

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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.

Here is the event page for the protest in Columbia. Demonstrators will gather outside AMC theater at 10300 Little Patuxent Parkway at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 8.

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

Pictured, FBI Director Robert Mueller speaks during a news conference at the FBI headquarters in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)