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Activists threatened mass protests if Rod Rosenstein is removed from the Mueller investigation
qz.com ^ | By Heather TimmonsNovember 7, 2018

Posted on 11/07/2018 5:03:17 PM PST by 11th_VA

For nearly as long as FBI special counsel Robert Mueller has been investigating Russian election meddling, activists have been planning mass protests.

Hundreds of protests across the US, organized by MoveOn and other progressive groups, are planned to begin if Trump fires Mueller or deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein, who appointed him. They would also begin if the president prevents the investigation from being “conducted freely,” MoveOn says.

Today, those fears may have been realized when Trump asked attorney general Jeff Sessions for his resignation. Sessions, who had recused himself from the investigation, will be replaced by Matt Whitaker, a former US Attorney who has opposed the Russia investigation from the start. Whitaker is reportedly taking control of the probe from Rosenstein.

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KEYWORDS: antifa; matthewgwhitaker; matthewwhitaker; mattwhitaker; mobs; moveon; moveonorg; rodrosenstein; rosenstein; russia; russiaprobe; whitaker
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To: Savage Beast
bringit-On
61 posted on 11/07/2018 7:36:31 PM PST by timestax
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To: 11th_VA

I thought Rosenstein was already off the Mueller case. The Francisco guy was supervising Mueller now.


62 posted on 11/07/2018 7:43:35 PM PST by Lopeover (POTUS needs Republicans, the Midterm Election is about allegiance to the America First agenda!)
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To: 11th_VA

drive by the demonstrations

they like play with fire ?


63 posted on 11/07/2018 8:25:10 PM PST by LeoWindhorse
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