Robert Mueller, former FBI director and special counsel, died at 81; led probe into Russian election interference, found no conspiracy but no exoneration on obstruction.

Robert Mueller, former FBI director and special counsel who led the 2017 investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election, has died at age 81. He served as FBI director from 2001 to 2013, guiding the agency’s shift to counterterrorism after 9/11. His probe, which concluded in 2019, resulted in 37 indictments and seven guilty pleas but found no criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia, though it did not exonerate President Trump on obstruction of justice. Mueller had been living with Parkinson’s disease. Former President Donald Trump expressed satisfaction over his death in a social media post, drawing widespread criticism.