Overview
- Mueller’s family said he died Friday evening at age 81 and asked for privacy, after disclosing his Parkinson’s diagnosis last year.
- President Trump wrote on Truth Social, “I am glad he is dead. He can no longer harm innocent people,” drawing widespread condemnation online.
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent later urged “a little empathy for the president” during NBC’s Meet the Press.
- Former presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush praised Mueller’s public service and leadership following the 9/11 attacks.
- As special counsel from 2017 to 2019, he documented Russian election interference, found no prosecutable conspiracy with the Trump campaign, and did not exonerate Trump on obstruction.