Congress must take action if President Trump fires Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein

The Issue

          On Friday, the 2nd of February, 2018, President Donald Trump released a GOP memo aimed at discrediting the FBI and Justice Department.  This document has one sole purpose - to create distrust and to justify the upcoming firing of Rod Rosenstein and/or Special Counsel Robert Mueller, currently investigating the president's administration for collusion with the Russian government in the 2016 election.  

          In October of 1973, Richard Nixon tried the same strategy against special investigator Archibald Cox.  Thanks to the courage of Republican Senator Barry Goldwater, the government was spared from having to endure a series of crippling attacks on our checks and balances.  

Tell our Representatives and Senators, specifically those in the president's own party, that we demand that our government is not damaged by such an event and to rise up to the actions of former Republicans to put country over party.  Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein and Special Counsel Mueller should be protected from the president to properly perform the duties assigned to them and carry out the special counsel's investigation.  In the event of their firing, we demand that Robert Mueller be reappointed as Special Counsel without interference from the president or a newly appointed Deputy Attorney General.

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The Issue

          On Friday, the 2nd of February, 2018, President Donald Trump released a GOP memo aimed at discrediting the FBI and Justice Department.  This document has one sole purpose - to create distrust and to justify the upcoming firing of Rod Rosenstein and/or Special Counsel Robert Mueller, currently investigating the president's administration for collusion with the Russian government in the 2016 election.  

          In October of 1973, Richard Nixon tried the same strategy against special investigator Archibald Cox.  Thanks to the courage of Republican Senator Barry Goldwater, the government was spared from having to endure a series of crippling attacks on our checks and balances.  

Tell our Representatives and Senators, specifically those in the president's own party, that we demand that our government is not damaged by such an event and to rise up to the actions of former Republicans to put country over party.  Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein and Special Counsel Mueller should be protected from the president to properly perform the duties assigned to them and carry out the special counsel's investigation.  In the event of their firing, we demand that Robert Mueller be reappointed as Special Counsel without interference from the president or a newly appointed Deputy Attorney General.

The Decision Makers

Former U.S. Senate
15 Members
Barbara Boxer
Former US Senate - California
Robert Menendez
Former U.S. Senate - New Jersey
Sherrod Brown
Former U.S. Senate - Ohio
U.S. Senate
16 Members
Kirsten E. Gillibrand
Former U.S. Senator
John Cornyn
U.S. Senate - Texas
Rand Paul
U.S. Senate - Kentucky
U.S. House of Representatives
4 Members
Maxine Waters
U.S. House of Representatives - California 43rd Congressional District
Joe Courtney
U.S. House of Representatives - Connecticut 2nd Congressional District
Nydia Velázquez
U.S. House of Representatives - New York 7th Congressional District
Former U.S. House of Representatives
19 Members
Eliot Engel
Former US House of Representatives - New York-16
Nancy Pelosi
Former US House of Representatives - California-12
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Former US House of Representatives - Florida-23
Former State House of Representatives
4 Members
John F. "Andy" Anders
Former State House of Representatives - Louisiana-21
Timothy S. Theriault
Former State House of Representatives - Maine-79
Elijah Haahr
Former State House of Representatives - Missouri-134

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Petition created on February 2, 2018