Robert Mueller: The 19 Biggest Scandals and Controversies in His Career

Summary	Date	Source
Mueller's point man on the anthrax investigation was accused of misconduct in the Ruby Ridge standoff; was accused of leaking information about the anthrax probe to help the FBI politically	08/24/2002	The Washington Post
Mueller sought and received funds from a Russian oligarch, Oleg Deripaska, to oversee an FBI effort to retrieve an American in Iran (Deripaska has since turned up in the Trump probe)	09/01/2009	The Hill
Robert Muellers FBI protected mobster Whitey Bulger and thwarted investigations into his activities.	03/01/2011	New American
Mueller conspired with Comey to help the latter assume the role of attorney general while John Ashcroft was hospitalized so they could help obstruct an anti-terrorism domestic surveillance program	05/21/2017	RealClearPolitics
Mueller, while serving as a U.S. attorney in Boston, once tried to entrap a defense attorney	10/17/2017	Harvey Silverglate
When Mueller served in the DoJ's criminal division, he quashed an investigation showing FBI agents framed an innocent man with murdering his family	10/17/2017	Harvey Silverglate
Mueller's chief investigator in the Russia probe, Andrew Weissmann, was frequently accused of bending the law to win convictions (which are often overturned)	10/19/2017	The Hill
In 1979, Mueller bungled and ultimately lost the feds' case against 33 Hells Angels	11/24/2017	LA Times
When an internal FBI investigation into the counterterrorism unit Mueller created was effectively worthless, his associates had it buried	11/24/2017	The Los Angles Times
Mueller was tasked with negotiating the release of Edward Snowden from Russia; he made no progress	11/24/2017	The Los Angeles Times
Under Mueller, the FBI concealed evidence showing FBI agents warned headquarters pre-9/11 about suspicious Arabs in flight school (which went unheeded)	01/29/2018	The Hill
Under Mueller, the FBI inspector general said agents abused the PATRIOT Act to unconstitutionally spy on thousands of innocent Americans	01/29/2018	The Hill
The Electronic Freedom Foundation found that under Mueller, the FBI committee "tens of thousands of violations of federal law, regulations, or executive orders"	01/29/2018	The Hill
At the FBI, Mueller repeatedly signed Foreign Intel Surveillance Court orders demanding phone companies turn over records on all Americans	01/29/2018	The Hill
Despite personally authorizing the mass surveillance of innocent Americans, Mueller told the Senate no such surveillance occurred	01/29/2018	The Hill
Mueller bungled the FBI's high-profile anthrax investigation, spying on and falsely accusing two innocent Americans and ultimately refused to apologize	02/08/2018	The Federalist
Mueller is accused of using the Russia probe to cover up FISA abuse in the Obama Administration	03/13/2018	Tablet
When a Clinton White House official, Sandy Berger, was caught destroying and removing classified material, Mueller's FBI gave him a slap on the wrist	04/19/2018	The Federalist
Despite knowing who leaked Valerie Plame's identity to a reporter, Mueller tasked a special counsel to investigate the Bush Administration for years, eventually ensnaring a non-leaker with a process charge	04/19/2018	The Federalist