President Donald Trump is proudly celebrating former FBI Director Robert Mueller’s death at 81.
“Robert Mueller just died. Good, I’m glad he’s dead,” the commander-in-chief, 79, wrote via his social media platform Truth Social on Saturday, March 21. “He can no longer hurt innocent people!”
Trump then signed the post, “President DONALD J. TRUMP.”
Mueller, a former federal prosecutor who led the probe into the 2016 Trump campaign’s alleged ties to Russia, died on Friday, March 20, according to a statement released by his family on Saturday.
“With deep sadness, we are sharing the news that Bog passed away,” the family said in a statement to the Associated Press. “His family asks that their privacy be respected.”
Former President George W. Bush selected Mueller as FBI director before he was unanimously confirmed just days before the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. He was later asked to remain in his position by President Barack Obama, despite serving as the FBI director for 10 years. He ultimately served in the role for 12 years, becoming the longest-serving FBI director since J. Edgar Hoover.
In August 2025, Mueller’s family announced he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2021.
Mueller became the focus of the current president’s ire when he was tasked with leading the investigation into Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign’s alleged collusion with the Russian government.
While Mueller ultimately decided Trump’s campaign did not conspire with Russia — despite uncovering “dozens of secret and often high-level contacts between the Trump campaign and the Russian government,” according to CNN, and proof Russia interfered with the 2016 election — and ultimately decided not to charge Trump with obstruction of justice — despite having the necessary evidence — the former reality TV star consistently attacked Mueller online.
“Russia Russia Russia! That’s all you heard at the beginning of this Witch Hunt Hoax…” Trump tweeted in May 2019. “And now Russia has disappeared because I had nothing to do with Russia helping me to get elected. It was a crime that didn’t exist.”
Trump later called Mueller a “true never-Trumper,” and in 2025 signed an executive order severing ties with WilmerHale, the law firm where Mueller worked, claiming the firm “awarded” Mueller for using his “prosecutorial power to upend the democratic process and distort justice.”
“WilmerHale mourns the passing of our friend and former partner, Bob Mueller. Bob was an extraordinary leader and public servant and a person of the greatest integrity,” a spokesperson for the law firm told NBC News in the wake of Mueller’s death.
“His service to our country, including as a decorated officer in the Marine Corps, as FBI Director, and at the Department of Justice, was exemplary and inspiring,” the statement added. “We are deeply proud that he was our partner. Our thoughts are with Bob’s family and loved ones during this time.”
