{"id":2582406,"date":"2026-03-21T14:06:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T18:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/robert-mueller-has-died-at-81-trump-says-hes-glad\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T14:07:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T18:07:37","slug":"robert-mueller-has-died-at-81-trump-says-hes-glad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/robert-mueller-has-died-at-81-trump-says-hes-glad\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Mueller has died at 81, Trump says he&#8217;s &#8216;glad&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frobert-mueller-has-died-at-81-trump-says-hes-glad%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2582406&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Robert Mueller, the former FBI director who lead the bureau for 12 years and later served as Special Counsel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-cabinet-votes-to-fire-attorney-general-prosecuting-netanyahu\/\" title=\"Israeli Cabinet votes to fire attorney general prosecuting Netanyahu\">investigating alleged ties<\/a> between Donald Trump\u2019s 2016 campaign and Russia, has died at age 81. The news was confirmed by Mueller\u2019s family to the Associated Press on Saturday following a death on Friday night, with the family asking for privacy.<\/p>\n<p>Mueller directed the FBI from just before the september 11 attacks until September 2013; in 2017 he was appointed to oversee the investigation into the Trump campaign\u2019s contacts with Russia. He had been diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s disease in 2021,a diagnosis his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/huge-update-hulk-hogans-death-may-not-have-been-at-all-what-it-seemed-breathing-nerve-severed\/\" title=\"Huge Update: Hulk Hogan&#039;s Death May Not Have Been at All What It Seemed - Breathing Nerve Severed\">family publicly announced<\/a> in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Trump posted on Truth Social on Saturday morning saying he was \u201cglad\u201d Mueller had died,adding that Mueller \u201ccan no <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >longer hurt innocent people<\/a>.\u201d The Washington Examiner article also includes a paywall notice and a list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jean-pierre-blasted-for-claiming-reopening-schools-was-a-priority-for-biden\/\" title=\"Criticism for Jean-Pierre&#039;s Statement on Biden&#039;s Priority to Reopen Schools\">recommended stories<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Robert Mueller has died at 81, Trump says he&rsquo;s &lsquo;glad&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Former <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fbi\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"516\">FBI<\/a> Director and Special Counsel <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/robert-mueller\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"320\">Robert Mueller<\/a> has died at age 81.<\/p>\n<p>Mueller directed the bureau for twelve years, starting just before the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and working until September 2013. In 2017, Mueller was appointed to serve as the Special Counsel in charge of investigating alleged ties between President Donald Trump&rsquo;s 2016 presidential campaign and Russia.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4499616\/trump-threaten-replace-tsa-officer-ice-agent-dhs-shutdown\/\">Trump threatens to replace TSA officers with ICE agents as DHS shutdown drags on<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4499056\/democrat-waves-off-hamas-tied-unrwa-workers-while-pressing-mike-waltz-gaza\/\">Democrat waves off 19 Hamas-tied UNRWA workers while pressing Mike Waltz on Gaza<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/4498663\/white-house-new-framework-congress-ai-policy\/\">White House unveils new framework to guide Congress on AI policy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;With deep sadness, we are sharing the news that Bob passed away&rdquo; on Friday night, Mueller&rsquo;s family said in a statement to the <em>Associated Press<\/em> on Saturday. &ldquo;His family asks that their privacy be respected.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mueller was diagnosed with Parkinson&rsquo;s disease in 2021; his family <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/08\/31\/us\/politics\/robert-mueller-parkinsons-disease.html\">announced<\/a> the diagnosis in 2025.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3788930\/robert-mueller-parkinsons-disease-past-four-years\/\"><strong>ROBERT MUELLER HAS HAD PARKINSON&rsquo;S DISEASE FOR PAST FOUR YEARS: REPORT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump posted on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116268334535345382\">Truth Social<\/a> on Saturday morning, saying he was &ldquo;glad&rdquo; Mueller had passed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Robert Mueller just died. Good, I&rsquo;m glad he&rsquo;s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people!&rdquo; Trump wrote. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mueller dies at 81; Trump says he&#8217;s glad<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2582407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/edited-robert-mueller-072419-story-photo-found-by-aag-scaled.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[60755,3634,32515],"class_list":["post-2582406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-robert-mueller","tag-trump","tag-us-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/edited-robert-mueller-072419-story-photo-found-by-aag-scaled.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2582406"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2582410,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582406\/revisions\/2582410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2582407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2582406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2582406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2582406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}