NEW: Trump Posts Scathing Response To Robert Mueller’s Demise
President Donald Trump pulled no punches when reacting to the death of former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who led the bogus “Russian Collusion” investigation that largely derailed much of the president’s first term.
Mueller passed away at the age of 81 on Friday night, his family confirmed in a statement. The former director has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and previously retired from public life in 2023.
Not long after the news broke, President Donald Trump reacted in a Truth Social post. “Robert Mueller just died. Good, I’m glad he’s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people!” Trump wrote.
JUST IN – Trump posts that he is glad former FBI chief, Robert Mueller has died, “He can no longer hurt innocent people!” pic.twitter.com/ducbvAfyDr
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) March 21, 2026
Mueller served as the figurehead of the FBI’s controversial Crossfire Hurricane probes, which involved extensive spying on then-President Barack Obama’s primary political opponent. The bureau, in conjunction with other agencies, conducted surveillance on the president and a number of senior allies under false pretenses of “Russian Collusion.”
The FBI opened Crossfire Hurricane after receiving a tip from an Australian diplomat that Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos had been told the Russians had “dirt” on Clinton in the form of thousands of emails. It largely hinged on the thoroughly debunked “Steele Dossier,” an unverified set of salacious claims against Trump that was gathered by a former British intelligence operative.
In May 2017, after President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed Mueller as special counsel. Mueller’s mandate was to investigate Russian interference and “any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the Trump campaign,” plus related matters.
The probe never found evidence of the conduct it was established to investigate, though a number of Russian nationals and Trump operatives were prosecuted for process crimes like “lying to the FBI.” It was widely condemned as a “fishing expedition” designed to entrap targets and pursue frivolous charges.
“The Special Counsel’s investigation did not find that the Trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated with Russia in its efforts to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election,” then-Attorney General Bill Barr said of the probe’s findings in 2019.
A separate special counsel report headed up by John Durham found that Crossfire Hurricane was opened in 2016 without any evidence.
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