This Saturday, former FBI director Robert Mueller died at the age of 81. As a special prosecutor, he led an electoral investigation against magnate Donald Trump to determine whether his campaign conspired with Russia to achieve the election.
American media reported the news citing a statement issued by Mueller’s family, without detailing the causes.
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In this regard, Donald Trump reacted to the news through his social network Truth Social, where he wrote:
“Robert Mueller just died. Well, I’m glad he’s dead. He can’t hurt innocent people anymore!”
What was Mueller investigating?
After leading the FBI for 12 years, Mueller was appointed special counsel by the Department of Justice to lead the investigation, between 2017 and 2019, that sought to determine whether Donald Trump’s presidential campaign conspired with Russia to achieve his election.
Two years after the investigation began, Robert Mueller testified before Congress about the results of the investigation, which Trump called “a witch hunt.”
Before Congress, the former FBI director said his report did not exonerate Trump, but he mostly dodged questions from lawmakers and referred only to the results of his investigation.
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Who was Robert Mueller?
Mueller worked as a public official for more than four decades, for both Democratic and Republican presidents.
The Vietnam veteran and Princeton University graduate worked as a prosecutor in San Francisco and Boston, where he handled cases from murders to fraud to terrorist attacks.
After his retirement in 2013, Robert Mueller worked at a private firm in Washington until his death.
(With information from AFP)
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