WASHINGTON - WHAT: Protesters will rally in front of the White House on Thursday – as part of nationwide protests against President Donald Trump’s effort to undermine Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation by firing Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Americans across the country will hit the streets in “Nobody Is Above the Law” protests nationwide at 5 p.m. local time. Trump’s decision to force Sessions’ resignation aims to obstruct Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Protests will occur in cities and towns to demand that Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker – Sessions’ former chief of staff – recuse himself from overseeing the Mueller investigation based on his past public comments criticizing the legitimacy of the probe. Whitaker is inappropriate to oversee the Russia investigation and must not do so because he would supplant Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and hinder the Mueller investigation.

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WHEN: 5 p.m. EST, Thursday, Nov. 8

WHERE: Sidewalk, northwest side of the White House

WHO: Robert Weissman, president, Public Citizen

Neera Tanden, president, Center for American Progress

Walter Shaub, senior adviser, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

Marge Baker, executive vice president, People For the American Way

Karen Hobert Flynn, president, Common Cause

Ben Wikler, Washington director, MoveOn (emcee)

Lisa Gilbert, vice president of legislative affairs, Public Citizen’s Congress Watch division (emcee)

Rabbi Jason Kimelman-Block, Bend the Arc: Jewish Action

Randi Weingarden, president, American Federation of Teachers

Bishop Garrison, interim executive director, Truman Project

Mary Kay Henry, international president, SEIU

Noah Bookbinder, executive director, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

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