Donald Trump and Investigations

Robert S. Mueller III, 81, died Friday night, his family said, asking for privacy and not disclosing a cause or location; Mueller served as FBI director from 2001–2013 — taking office one week before the Sept. 11 attacks and remaking the bureau into a counterterrorism‑focused agency — and was appointed special counsel in 2017 to lead the Trump–Russia inquiry. His report found no conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia while declining to reach a conclusion on obstruction, and his death drew praise from former presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama but elicited a vitriolic reaction from President Trump on Truth Social — “Good, I’m glad he’s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people!” — which prompted bipartisan criticism.