Local residents joined national protests tonight at the corner of Embarcadero Road and El Camino Real against yesterday’s appointment of Matthew Whitaker as Acting Attorney General. Unlike Jeff Sessions, who resigned Wednesday, Whitaker has publicly stated he will not recuse himself from oversight of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, which Suzy Hwang, an action local lawyer, said goes against the Constitution. “We find ourselves again where democracy and the rule of law are threatened and I hope that President Trump will be held to the Constitution and will refrain from his autocratic behavior,” she said. Digital exclusive story.