Mueller, Robert Swan, 3d
Mueller, Robert Swan, 3d,
1944–, American law enforcement official, b. New York City, B.A. Princeton, 1966, M.A. New York Univ., 1967, J.D. Univ. of Virginia School of Law, 1973. After serving in Vietnam as a marine (1968–70), Mueller worked as a litigator for a law firm before becoming assistant U.S. attorney for the Northern District of California (1976–82), and assistant U.S. attorney (1982–86) and acting attorney (1986–87) for Massachusetts. With the U.S. Department of Justice from 1989, he became (1990) head of the department's criminal division and led the Lockerbie bombing (1988) investigation.He returned to private practice (1993–95) then worked in the U.S. attorney's office for the District of Columbia (1995–98) and was U.S. attorney for the Northern District of California (1998–2001) and acting deputy attorney general under President George W. BushBush, George Walker,
1946–, 43d President of the United States (2001–9), b. New Haven, Conn. The eldest son of President George H. W. Bush, he was was raised in Texas and, like his father, attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., and Yale, graduating in 1968.
..... Click the link for more information. . In 2001 he became director of the Federal Bureau of InvestigationFederal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI), division of the U.S. Dept. of Justice charged with investigating all violations of federal laws except those assigned to some other federal agency.
..... Click the link for more information. just before the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks, and he reorganized the FBI, emphasizing new counterterrorism initiatives and integrating it more tightly into the national security infrastructure. He returned to private practice in 2013.
After James ComeyComey, James Brien, Jr.,
1960–, American law enforcement official, b. Yonkers, N.Y., grad. William and Mary, 1982, Univ. of Chicago Law School, 1985. He was assistant U.S.
..... Click the link for more information. was fired by President TrumpTrump, Donald John,
1946–, 45th president of the United States (2017–), b. New York City. Prior to his election as president in 2016, he was a business executive and television personality rather than a political leader. After attending Fordham Univ.
..... Click the link for more information. over the FBI's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, which involved possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign, Mueller was named special counsel for the Justice Dept. Russia investigation. By the end of 2018 his prosecutors and others had alleged contacts between Russians and a number of Trump associates, and negotiated a number of guilty pleas, not always related to Russian contacts. Michael Cohen, a lawyer for Trump, acknowledged making illegal contributions to the Trump campaign (in the form of hush money to Trump's sexual partners), having lied to Congress about Trump efforts to build a Moscow high-rise, and having had other contacts with Russians about arranging a meeting between Trump and Putin. In his report after the investigation ended in Mar., 2019, Mueller detailed repeated contacts between the Trump campaign and Russia as well as the campaign's hope to benefit from Russian interference in the election, but found that there was not sufficient evidence of conspiracy or coordination between the campaign and Russia. His report also said that he could not exonerate the president from obstruction of justice charges, and noted that a number of Trump's aides refused to carry out orders that could constitute obstruction.