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Former FBI Director and special counsel Robert Mueller has died at 81

NPR | By Carrie Johnson,

Adrian Ma, Eric McDaniel

Published March 21, 2026 at 4:18 PM CDT

NPR's justice correspondent Carrie Johnson speaks with Adrian Ma about Robert Mueller. The former FBI Director and special counsel has died at the age of 81, his family said.

Carrie Johnson

Carrie Johnson is NPR's National Justice Correspondent.

Adrian Ma

Adrian Ma covers economics, work, money and other "business-ish" for NPR's daily podcast The Indicator from Planet Money.

Eric McDaniel

Eric McDaniel edits the NPR Politics Podcast. He joined the program ahead of its 2019 relaunch as a daily podcast.