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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 5:18 PM EDT

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.

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Carrie Johnson
Carrie Johnson is a justice correspondent for the Washington Desk.
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Adrian Ma covers work, money and other "business-ish" for NPR's daily economics 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.
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