Robert Mueller, the man who fronted the infamous Trump-Russia “collusion” probe, is now reportedly living in a memory care facility. His family revealed this weekend that the 81-year-old former FBI director was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2021, and his health has deteriorated to the point where he struggles with both speech and mobility.
This revelation comes as the House Oversight Committee has been issuing subpoenas to several former officials tied to the Russia hoax and the government’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. Mueller was scheduled to appear for a deposition on September 2, but his family says he will not be able to testify. In a statement to The New York Times, the family asked for privacy and noted that Mueller retired from the practice of law in 2021 and stopped teaching altogether by the end of 2022.
Naturally, this announcement has fueled speculation. Many conservatives, including Roger Stone, have pointed out the convenient timing. Stone argued that if Mueller was competent enough to serve as special counsel during the two-year-long witch hunt against President Trump, he should be able to testify now that Congress wants answers about how that hoax was engineered. Others have suggested this is a classic Deep State move, where a compromised insider suddenly becomes “too sick” to face accountability.
Concerns about Mueller’s health are not new. Back in 2019, during his disastrous testimony before Congress, he appeared confused and at times unable to answer basic questions. Even some mainstream outlets noted his lack of sharpness. Fox News host Mark Levin remarked at the time that Mueller seemed to show signs of dementia and should never have been appointed to run such a politically charged investigation.
The bigger question is not whether Mueller is ill—his family’s statement confirms he is—but whether he was already in cognitive decline during the very years he was used as the figurehead for the Russia investigation. If so, then who was really running the show? Critics like Levin have long argued that it was Andrew Weissmann and a team of partisan operatives pulling the strings while Mueller served as a convenient front man.
Now, with Parkinson’s officially disclosed and Mueller unable to testify, accountability for one of the most brazen political hoaxes in U.S. history may never come directly from him. The Oversight Committee is still pursuing testimony from other players, but Mueller’s decline raises serious questions about how long the establishment knew he was unfit, and why they used him anyway. Shameful hardly begins to cover it.
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