LOADING ERROR LOADINGRobert Mueller, the former FBI director who later served as special counsel overseeing the 2016 investigation into Russian election interference, has died at the age of 81. Mueller served as FBI director from 2001 to 2013 after being nominated by President George W. Bush. In 2017, the Department of Justice appointed Mueller as special counsel overseeing the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. He was appointed after Trump fired then-FBI Director James Comey, who had been investigating possible collusion between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia. AdvertisementMueller’s probe led to dozens of indictments, and his report on the investigation, best known as the Mueller report, described extensive Russian interference in the election.
