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Robert Mueller, formerly the FBI Director and the lead investigator of the Russian interference inquiry involving President Donald Trump, will not be appearing before Congress regarding the deceased Jeffrey Epstein.
Mueller, now 81, was the FBI’s sixth director, holding the position from 2001 to 2013. He also served as the special counsel for the federal probe into Russia’s involvement with the 2016 Trump campaign, notably penning the well-known ‘Mueller Report.’
The investigation concluded there was no coordination between Trump, his campaign, and the Russians during their interference. It did not reach a judgment on whether Trump obstructed the inquiry, adhering to the DOJ’s stance against indicting current presidents.
Though he has been out of the public eye now for some years, Mueller was subpoenaed to sit for a transcribed interview before the House Oversight Committee on September 2 regarding the panel’s investigation into Epstein.
The lawmakers on the panel hoped the former FBI director could share information he may know about Epstein and his 2005 prostitution case.
However, whether that session could happen came into question after it came to light that the former FBI director is reportedly spending time in a memory facility.
‘Sources tell me Mueller has been living in a memory-care facility for the past few years,’ reporter Paul Sperry wrote on X earlier this month.
Now, the committee has withdrawn its subpoena for Mueller, citing ‘health issues’ that prevent his testimony, Sperry claims.
Former special counsel Robert Mueller makes a statement about the Russia investigation on May 29, 2019 at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C. Sources say he is now in a memory-care facility
President Donald Trump often lambasted Mueller for a politicized investigation into the Republican’s 2016 campaign and its ties to Russia
Mueller testified before lawmakers in July 2019 to speak about his investigation. He frequently had to consult his notes during the session
The House Oversight Committee did not immediately return the Daily Mail’s request for comment.
The committee had been seeking information Mueller may know about Epstein from overseeing the FBI during the pedophile’s 2005 Florida prostitution case, a matter in which the FBI eventually intervened.
Many critics have said Epstein’s sentence in that case was too lenient.
The Daily Mail reached out to a former Mueller spokesman for a statement.
One former lawmaker is now saying the signs of Mueller’s decline have been evident for years.
‘It was clear this is where things were heading when we questioned him before Congress,’ ex-Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., posted on social media this month.
‘Mueller was used by some very vicious people,’ Gaetz, now a conservative TV host, continued. ‘I’m not sure he really ever knew what was happening in the investigation.’
Mueller testified before Congress about his report’s findings in the summer of 2019.
During that hearing, the former special counsel struggled at times to remember the questions from lawmakers, often asking them to repeat their inquiries.
He also appeared flustered at times when trying to remember key portions of his probe.
Former President Bill Clinton and his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, have both been subpoenaed by Congress to testify about Jeffrey Epstein in October
During his testimony, he forgot that Fusion GPS, an opposition research firm, was behind the infamous Steele Dossier – a file that alleged false ties between Trump and the Russians that many presume was the origin of the Trump-Russia allegations.
A spokesperson for the House Oversight Committee did not respond to the Daily Mail’s request for comment on whether they sent Mueller’s subpoena to a memory-care unit.
Still, the committee’s chairman, James Comer, R-Ky., says he is expecting Mueller to show up and talk.
Comer posted on his X on Tuesday that Mueller is scheduled to appear for a transcribed interview with the committee on September 2.
Other top Trump and Obama administration officials will also testify in the committee’s probe into Epstein.
Former FBI Director James Comey (R) was also compelled to testify about Epstein
Bill and Hillary Clinton are both scheduled to sit with the committee in October. Former Attorneys General Eric Holder, Loretta Lynch, Merrick Garland and Trump’s former DOJ boss Bill Barr are also expected to talk to the lawmakers.
It’s a spectacular move by Republicans to pressure Trump’s Attorney General Pam Bondi to put out more documents related to the disgraced financier while the administration has been embroiled in controversy over ‘cover-up’ claims.
Bondi has been blamed by both Democrats and Republicans for stalling the release of the files.
The Trump administration has since hurried to find out more about the Epstein scandal.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche has met with Epstein’s accomplice and longtime partner, Ghislaine Maxwell, to speak about what she knows about the late pedophile’s crimes.
Blanche spent several days in Florida at the detention facility where Maxwell was staying to interview the woman who is currently serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking crimes.
She has repeatedly claimed she was treated wrongly during her trial, a claim that will soon be argued before the Supreme Court.
Days after her meetings with Blanche, Maxwell was moved to a lower security detention center.
