| 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 |
