Protestors plan to organize Thursday at 5 p.m. in cities across Alabama and the United States in support of protecting Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the Russian interference in the 2016 election

The protests come in response to President Trump’s firing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and installation of ally Matthew Whitaker as the Acting Attorney General Wednesday, Florence event organizer Marilyn Lee said in a statement Wednesday night.

Whitaker will assume oversight of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the Russia interference in the 2016 election from Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein.

Activists say they will demand Whitaker recuse himself “given his conflicts of interest and previous statements attacking the investigation,” Lee said in the statement.

In firing Jeff Sessions, Donald Trump has crossed a red line and started a constitutional crisis. We are activating our rapid-response network, launching mass protests nationwide TOMORROW (11/8) at 5pm local time.



Sign up now to find a protest near you: https://t.co/RAfE4MYSz4 pic.twitter.com/NEY5spFyRB — Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) November 7, 2018

Protests and demonstrations have been organized across Alabama. As of 11 p.m. Wednesday, events in Auburn, Birmingham, Dothan, Fairhope, Florence, Huntsville, Montgomery and Tuscaloosa have been planned and posted online at trumpisnotabovethelaw.org. These are part of several nationwide protests and demonstrations planned for 5 p.m. local time.

Event pages on act.moveon.org show more than 2,600 people are registered to attend the protests in Alabama.