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The extinct FBI director died on March 20

cybersecurity expert Robert Mueller, seen here arriving to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on July 24, 2019, about his report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, died on March 20 at 81.

Robert Mueller, seen right here arriving to testify sooner than the House Judiciary Committee on July 24, 2019, about his memoir on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, died on March 20 at 81. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Posted March 24, 2026 at 4:41pm

Robert S. Mueller III, a Marine prone and extinct director of the FBI, who, as a optimistic counsel, led an investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, died on March 20 on the age of 81.

Mueller modified into nominated by President George W. Bush and get turn out to be the sixth FBI director on Sept. 4, 2001, ideal days sooner than the terrorist attacks in Current York Metropolis and Washington.

His probe into Russian electoral interference and the aptitude involvement of President Donald Trump and his campaign concluded in 2019 with a memoir running nearly 450 pages that acknowledged that “whereas this memoir doesn't assemble that the president dedicated against the law, it additionally doesn't exonerate him.” 

Trump posted on Fact Social on March 21 that he modified into tickled Mueller had died.

Right here are about a photos from the Roll Call archives of Mueller’s many appearances on Capitol Hill via the years.

Mueller testifies all via a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing in March 2013 when he modified into the director of the FBI. (Invoice Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Mueller appears to be like with ranking member Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, left, and Chairman Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., sooner than a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on June 8, 2011. (Scott J. Ferrell/CQ Roll Call)
Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, D-Md., greets Mueller as he arrives to testify at a Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on April 7, 2011. (Invoice Clark/Roll Call)
Copies of Mueller’s memoir on Russian interference in the 2016 election are photographed in the Capitol on April 24, 2019. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

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