Robert Mueller, ex-FBI chief who led Trump-Russia investigation, dies at 81
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Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who led Trump-Russia investigation, dies at 81.
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Robert Mueller, the former FBI director who led the special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and potential coordination with the Trump campaign, has died at 81. Mueller's 22-month inquiry, which concluded in 2019, examined whether Russia interfered in the election and whether President Trump obstructed justice—questions that consumed national political attention and shaped the early years of Trump's first term. His investigation resulted in the indictment of numerous Trump associates, including former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, and detailed Russian interference operations, though Mueller declined to reach a conclusion on whether Trump committed obstruction. Mueller spent nearly 12 years as FBI director before his special counsel appointment and became a central figure in one of the most contentious political inquiries in modern American history. His death marks the end of a career defined by his role in the high-stakes Washington investigation that divided the country along partisan lines.
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