Key ‘Russiagate’ Figure Gets Devastating Diagnosis

The family of Robert Mueller, the former FBI director who became a key figure in the Russiagate hoax stemming from the 2016 election, is suffering from a debilitating mental illness, according to his family.

Mueller, 81, was found residing in an assisted living facility earlier this year, according to U.S. House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY). The revelation came as Comer readied a round of subpoenas dating back to the administration of George W. Bush.

Now, it’s been revealed that the former FBI director has been living in Parkinson’s disease for the past four years. As a result, Comer has withdrawn his subpoena for a September 2 testimony date, the Daily Callee reported.

Comer’s case relates to the government’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, one that dates back to his 2006 arrest on underage prostitution charges. Mueller led the FBI from 2001 to 2013 and would have been briefed on Epstein’s guilty plea in exchange for a lenient sentence.

The facility where Mueller resides is designed specifically for older adults who suffer from memory loss, according to sources who spoke with Real Clear Investigations senior reporter Paul Sperry.

Mueller was tapped in 2017 by Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to oversee the federal government’s investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election. A much-anticipated report concluded that President Donald Trump’s campaign has no connection to Russian activity that year.

Trump at the time held up the report as vindication following a U.S. intelligence committee conclusion that Russian actors sought to help Trump defeat Hillary Clinton.

A spokesperson for the Oversight Committee declined to comment to the Daily Caller for its report that Mueller is living in a memory-care facility.

“The subpoenas issued are legally binding and duly authorized. As always, the Committee will engage in good faith negotiations with all parties,” an Oversight spokesman told the outlet.

But Mueller’s work left enough holes that eventually a second special prosecutor, John Durham, was appointed to finish the job. In 2023, Durham reached many of the same conclusions as Mueller, exonerating President Trump from allegations that he accepted help from Russian actors during the 2016 election.

By then, however, Trump was long out of office and facing multiple federal prosecutions stemming from the 2020 election.

The U.S. Justice Department has launched a criminal probe into top former officials alleged to have been involved in orchestrating Russiagate, including Hillary Clinton, former FBI Director James Comey, former CIA Director John Brennan, and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper.

Concurrently, Comer has been at the forefront of House Republicans’ efforts to uncover more information about Epstein, a sign of how strong the case’s hold remains over the MAGA movement since the disgraced pedophile killed himself in 2019.