One of the greatest towering figures in the history of law and order has passed away at the age of 81. Robert (Bob) Mueller was one of the very few prosecutors in history who investigated and indicted the inner circle of friends and associates of a sitting US President.
In 2017-19, the US Federal Courts convicted up to 8 individuals arraigned by Mueller, who helped President Donald Trump climb to power on several charges including fraud, money laundering, lying to the authorities and meddling with foreign states without registering as foreign agents. Some of the criminals convicted included Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen, disgraced General Michael Flynn and Moscow’s asset George Papadopoulos.
Robert Mueller served as FBI Director between the 4th of September 2001 to September 4th 2013 and was appointed as Special Counsel with the Department of Justice in 2017 to investigate Russia’s interference into the 2016 Presidential election campaign. Mueller’s inquiry did not find sufficient evidence to claim that President Donald Trump was involved with Russia over election interference. The investigation concluded that George Papadopoulos, Paul Manafort and Michael Flynn sought Russia’s help for Trump’s election campaign. They also sought compromising information about Hilary Clinton (Trump’s electoral opponent) from the Russians.
In 2015 and 2016 the emails of members of the Democratic National Convention were compromised by Russian hackers and information was stolen in two waves of attacks. The information was then passed on to Wikileaks which then went to undermine Hilary Clinton’s election campaign. The information included the DNC’s efforts to prevent Bernie Sanders from winning the Democratic Presidential ticket. Donald Trump went on to win the elections only via the electoral College winning up to 304 votes against Hilary Clinton’s 227. Hilary Clinton won the popular vote by 2.9 million votes with 48.2% of the votes against Trump’s 46.1%.
Robert Mueller was originally considered as a Republican, having been appointed to his post in 2011 by President George W. Bush. His appointment as Special Counsel by the Department of Justice took place when Trump was in his first-term as President. Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans fell-out with Robert Mueller over his investigation about Russian interference.
Previous President Barack Obama wrote a beautiful homage to Robert Mueller after his passing celebrating him as bedrock of values and a man with a relentless commitment to the rule-of-law. President Donald Trump indulged into his usual disgraceful gibberish.
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