The president celebrated the death of the former special counsel who investigated his 2016 campaign’s ties to Russia
Donald Trump celebrated the death of Robert Mueller on Saturday, writing that he was “glad” the former FBI director and special counsel who investigated the president’s 2016 campaign had died.
“Robert Mueller just died. Good, I’m glad he’s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people!” Trump wrote Saturday on Truth Social shortly after MS Now broke the news that the 81-year-old former FBI Director had died.
Mueller, who last year disclosed that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s, was one of Trump’s longtime targets. Mueller’s high-profile investigation found that Russia attempted to interfere in the 2016 election on Trump’s behalf, and while he did not conclude that the 2016 Trump campaign had actively sought out and coordinated with Russian entities attempting to sway the election, the probe cast a pall over much of Trump’s first term. It resulted in a series of indictments, leading to eight guilty pleas and the convictions at trial of prominent Trump allies, including political operative Roger Stone and former campaign adviser George Papadopoulos.
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