Overview
- Mueller’s family confirmed he died Friday night at 81 and noted a Parkinson’s diagnosis disclosed last year.
- President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social, “Robert Mueller just died. Good, I’m glad he’s dead,” adding that Mueller could no longer “hurt innocent people.”
- Appointed special counsel in May 2017, Mueller oversaw a 448‑page report that chronicled substantial contacts between Trump associates and Russians.
- The investigation documented tactics including coordinated social media disinformation and the hacking and release of Democratic emails in 2016.
- As FBI director from 2001 to 2013, Mueller reoriented the bureau toward counterterrorism and modernization as some agents flagged abuses tied to CIA secret prisons after 9/11.