Donald Trump and Investigations

Robert S. Mueller III, the former FBI director who took office a week before the Sept. 11 attacks, rebuilt the bureau into a counterterrorism‑focused, 21st‑century intelligence service and later served as special counsel leading the 2016 Trump–Russia inquiry, died Friday night at 81, his family said, asking for privacy; no cause or location has been disclosed. Mueller’s probe produced multiple charges and guilty pleas and found no conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia while not reaching a conclusion on obstruction of the president, and President Trump reacted on Truth Social expressing relief at his death.