Ex-FBI chief Robert Mueller dies at age 81
President Donald Trump sparked outrage after responding to the death of former FBI Director Robert Mueller with a blunt and controversial statement: RadarOnline.com can reveal.
The 81-year-old Mueller died on March 20, his family confirmed in a statement The New York Times.
“It is with great sadness that we share the news that Bob passed away last night. His family asks that their privacy be respected,” they said.
No cause of death has yet been announced.
Just hours after the news broke, Trump responded to Truth Social with a telling response: “Good, I’m glad he’s dead. He can’t hurt innocent people anymore!”
Mueller, who previously led the FBI and later served as special counsel in the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, was in declining health.
His family announced last year that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, and his condition reportedly prevented him from testifying before Congress in connection with the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
“Bob was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in the summer of 2021. He retired from practicing law late that year. He taught at his law school in the fall of both 2021 and 2022, retiring at the end of 2022. His family asks that his privacy be respected,” a statement said at the time.
Before his death, Mueller lived in a memory care facility.
Mueller led the FBI for more than a decade, serving as director from 2001 to 2013 before later taking on the role of special counsel to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
As special counsel, Mueller led a nearly two-year investigation into Moscow’s efforts to influence the race that ultimately helped Trump win the presidency.
The investigation found that Russia intervened in the election to boost Trump’s campaign.
Although Mueller’s team did not file an indictment accusing Trump of criminal coordination with Russia, the report failed to fully exonerate him and said it could not definitively exonerate the president.
Trump has repeatedly dismissed the investigation as politically motivated, calling it a “witch hunt” and lashing out at Mueller throughout the process.
After the report was released, he continued to attack its findings, calling it “complete bull—-” and insisting there was no wrongdoing on his part.
Mueller was born in New York City and grew up in an affluent suburb outside Philadelphia.
He then received his bachelor’s degree from Princeton University before completing a master’s degree in international relations at New York University.
After college, Mueller enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, where he served as an officer during the Vietnam War.
He led a rifle platoon into battle and was awarded several awards, including a Bronze Star, a Purple Heart and two Navy Commendation Medals.
When his military service ended, he studied law at the University of Virginia, beginning a legal career that would land him on federal charges.
He built a reputation for trying criminal cases and steadily advanced through the U.S. attorney’s offices in both San Francisco and Boston between the mid-1970s and the late 1980s.
