The Mueller Report

Robert S. Mueller, III was Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 2001 to 2013, serving under both Republican president George W. Bush and Democratic president Barack Obama. A decorated combat veteran of the war in Vietnam, and a lifelong civil servant, he was appointed Special Counsel in charge of the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election by acting Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein on May 17th, 2017.

The Office of Special Counsel was an office of the United States Department of Justice established by provisions in the Ethics in Government Act that expired in 1999. The provisions were replaced by Department of Justice regulation 28 CFR Part 600, which created the successor office of special counsel.