'Protect Mueller' Protest Planned In Towson

TOWSON, 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 Towson. 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 historic courthouse at 400 East Washington Avenue.

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

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

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 Towson. Demonstrators will gather outside the Towson courthouse, 400 Washington Ave., at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 8. Organizers said to meet east of the current courthouse, around the old courthouse.

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

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