<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">President Donald Trump took no time taking shots at Robert Mueller, who died at the age of 81, his family announced on Saturday.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“With deep sadness, we are sharing the news that Bob passed away last night. His family asks that their privacy be respected,” the family said in a statement. Mueller had reportedly been suffering from Parkinson’s disease, though an official cause of death was not immediately disclosed.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But within minutes of the announcement, attention shifted from Mueller to President Trump’s reaction.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a blunt post on Truth Social, Trump wrote: “Robert Mueller just died. Good, I’m glad he’s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people! President DONALD J. TRUMP”</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The post immediately ignited outrage across media and political circles, with critics seizing on the tone and substance of the statement.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">MSNBC commentator David Corn framed Mueller as a principled figure undermined by Trump-era politics, “Robert Mueller was an honorable public servant,” Corn said. “He just never understood what he was up against with the Russia investigation: Trump&#8217;s virulent, unprincipled, and unrelenting disinformation campaign. RIP.”</span></p>
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<p lang="en">Robert Mueller was an honorable public servant. He just never understood what he was up against with the Russia investigation: Trump&#8217;s virulent, unprincipled, and unrelenting disinformation campaign. RIP</p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Former cable host Keith Olbermann responded even more aggressively. “Predictable really. Trump is the worst person in the history of the United States of America. Period,” Olbermann </span><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/olbermann.bsky.social/post/3mhll7rwpns2v"><span style="font-weight: 400;">wrote</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, before adding in a </span><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/olbermann.bsky.social/post/3mhllgqnm7c2v"><span style="font-weight: 400;">follow-up post</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that Trump’s reaction suggested “even Trump knows Mueller DID NOT clear him.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Trump is always classy,” <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/timobrien.bsky.social/post/3mhllsjlqic2p">said</a> Tim O&#8217;Brien, senior editor of opinion for Bloomberg, adding, “Mueller was right and I still have a bromance with Putin.”</span></p>
<p data-start="2524" data-end="2774">Before rising through the ranks of federal law enforcement, Mueller served as a Marine Corps officer during the <span class="hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline"><span class="whitespace-normal">Vietnam War</span></span>, where he was awarded both a Bronze Star for valor and a Purple Heart after being wounded in combat.</p>
<p data-start="2776" data-end="3176">He later built a reputation as a steady institutional figure, ultimately being tapped by <span class="hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline"><span class="whitespace-normal">George W. Bush</span></span> to lead the FBI just days before the <span class="hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline"><span class="whitespace-normal">September 11 attacks</span></span>. Over a 12-year tenure, Mueller reshaped the bureau’s priorities toward counterterrorism and intelligence gathering in the wake of 9/11, serving under both Republican and Democratic administrations.</p>
<p data-start="2776" data-end="3176">Mueller returned to public life as special counsel overseeing the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election—an inquiry that would define his public legacy and fuel years of political division.</p>
<p data-start="3441" data-end="3621">His 448-page report, released in April 2019, detailed numerous contacts between individuals tied to the Trump campaign and Russian actors, but did not allege a criminal conspiracy.</p>
<p data-start="3623" data-end="3957">At the same time, the report outlined episodes in which Trump sought to influence or curtail the investigation, including efforts to assert control over it. Mueller ultimately declined to make a prosecutorial judgment on obstruction of justice, citing longstanding Department of Justice guidance against indicting a sitting president. Trump has maintained that the investigation fully exonerated him, a claim that remained a point of contention long after the report’s release.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mueller’s death, and the immediate reaction to it, underscored the extent to which his legacy remains deeply polarizing. For many Trump allies, he remains tied to an investigation they view as politically motivated and unfairly damaging. Trump’s response ensured that, even in death, Mueller’s name remains at the center of one of the most contentious chapters in modern American politics.</span></p>

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