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‘Good, I’m glad he’s dead’: Trump’s insensitive comments about the dead hit a new level

For years, President Donald Trump has offered crass and insensitive comments about people who died — especially his foes.

But on Saturday, he explicitly celebrated the death of former FBI Director Robert Mueller, writing, “Good, I’m glad he’s dead.”

As a special counsel, Mueller probed Trump and his 2016 campaign as the leader of the Russia investigation during the president’s first term.

“Robert Mueller just died,” Trump posted on social media shortly after the death was first reported. “Good, I’m glad he’s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people!”

While it was the culmination of a yearslong series of such comments by Trump, it was hardly an isolated incident.

Robert Mueller, Former FBI Director Who Led Trump Inquiry, Dies at 81

He imposed the most significant overhaul of the F.B.I. in its history. Later, after concluding that Russia had interfered in the 2016 election, he became a target of the president’s anger.

Tim Weiner, a former national security correspondent for The Times, is the author of a history of the F.B.I.

Robert S. Mueller III, who led the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 12 tumultuous years, brought politically explosive indictments as a special counsel examining Russia’s attack on the 2016 presidential election, and then concluded that he could neither absolve nor accuse President Trump of a crime, died on Friday. He was 81.

'Disgusting.' Democratic senator slams Trump's reaction to Mueller's death

Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Connecticut, called President Donald Trump's response to the death of former FBI director and special counsel Robert Mueller "disgusting," after the president said he was "glad" to hear of Mueller's death.

"It's just disgusting. It's so heartbreaking that we have a president who is cheerleading the death of American citizens." Murphy told NBC's "Meet the Press" on March 22. "Mueller is amongst many who have been trying to hold this president to account."

The former FBI director, who also served as special counsel investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election, died last week at age 81. He was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2021.

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