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Whitey Bulger was convicted at the age of 81 of 19 murders during his lifetime career as a [[Boston]] crime boss. The actual number of killings Bulger was responsible for is likely much higher.<ref>The AP identified 11 killers believed to have committed 52 murders while under the Bureau’s protection from the 1960s to the mid-1990s. https://www.aim.org/aim-report/aim-report-did-mueller-know-hoovers-dark-secret/ </ref> Bulger was an FBI informant against a rival gang, and Robert Mueller was cited as a defense witness on Bulger's witness list.<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2335614/Trial-Boston-mob-boss-James-Whitey-Bulger-gets-underway-family-victims-say-look-eye.html </ref> Bulger spent sixteen years on the run as number two on the FBI Most Wanted list, behind [[Osama bin Laden]]. While on the run witnesses and evidence against Bulger continued to disappear.

Whitey Bulger was convicted at the age of 81 of 19 murders during his lifetime career as a [[Boston]] crime boss. The actual number of killings Bulger was responsible for is likely much higher.<ref>The AP identified 11 killers believed to have committed 52 murders while under the Bureau’s protection from the 1960s to the mid-1990s. https://www.aim.org/aim-report/aim-report-did-mueller-know-hoovers-dark-secret/ </ref> Bulger was an FBI informant against a rival gang, and Robert Mueller was cited as a defense witness on Bulger's witness list.<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2335614/Trial-Boston-mob-boss-James-Whitey-Bulger-gets-underway-family-victims-say-look-eye.html </ref> Bulger spent sixteen years on the run as number two on the FBI Most Wanted list, behind [[Osama bin Laden]]. While on the run witnesses and evidence against Bulger continued to disappear.

A commission member of the [[Massachusetts]] parole and pardons board claimed four members of a rival gang had been framed by the FBI and Bulger for a 1965 gangland killing, and were unjustly convicted. Mueller, as Assistant US Attorney and Acting US Attorney, opposed clemency throughout the 1980s for the four innocent men framed by the FBI. Meanwhile Bulger's career as a crime boss and FBI informant flourished, with Mueller and the FBI removing his rivals from the streets. Exculpatory witnesses for the innocent men were murdered.<ref>https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/1970/01/19/one-lingering-question-for-fbi-director-robert-mueller/613uW0MR7czurRn7M4BG2J/story.html </ref>

A commission member of the [[Massachusetts]] parole and pardons board claimed four members of a rival gang had been framed by the FBI and Bulger for a 1965 gangland killing, and were unjustly convicted. Mueller, as Assistant US Attorney and Acting US Attorney, opposed clemency throughout the 1980s for the four innocent men framed by the FBI. Meanwhile, Bulger's career as a crime boss and FBI informant flourished, with Mueller and the FBI removing his rivals from the streets. Exculpatory witnesses for the innocent men were murdered.<ref>https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/1970/01/19/one-lingering-question-for-fbi-director-robert-mueller/613uW0MR7czurRn7M4BG2J/story.html </ref>

The commissioner who maintained the four were innocent, framed by the FBI, and kept in prison by Mueller, was elected mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts in 1995. The new mayor and his administration found themselves targets of Mueller and the FBI in public corruption probes.  

The commissioner who maintained the four were innocent, framed by the FBI, and kept in prison by Mueller, was elected mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts in 1995. The new mayor and his administration found themselves targets of Mueller and the FBI in public corruption probes.  

On February 8, 2012 Mueller met with representatives from ISNA, MPAC, and other [[Islam]]ic organizations to discuss purging '[[Islamophobic]]' materials from FBI training manuals.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20120216025316/http:/www.isna.net/articles/News/ISNA--Nat-Orgs-Meet-with-FBI-Dir-to-Discuss-Biased-FBI-Training-Materials.aspx</ref> ISNA (Islamic Society of North America) has been identified by DOJ in the Holy Land Foundation terrorism financing trial of 2007-2008 as a front for international terrorist organizations. MPAC (Muslim Public Affairs Council) has been criticized for publications defending terrorist organizations. Dr. [[Sebastian Gorka]] is among those individuals blacklisted by these organizations and the FBI.  

On February 8, 2012 Mueller met with representatives from ISNA, MPAC, and other [[Islam]]ic organizations to discuss purging '[[Islamophobic]]' materials from FBI training manuals.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20120216025316/http:/www.isna.net/articles/News/ISNA--Nat-Orgs-Meet-with-FBI-Dir-to-Discuss-Biased-FBI-Training-Materials.aspx</ref> ISNA (Islamic Society of North America) has been identified by DOJ in the Holy Land Foundation terrorism financing trial of 2007-2008 as a front for international terrorist organizations. MPAC (Muslim Public Affairs Council) has been criticized for publications defending terrorist organizations. Dr. [[Sebastian Gorka]] is among those individuals blacklisted by these organizations and the FBI.  

Shortly before finishing his 12 year tenure Mueller told a Congressional committee that [[9/11]] hijackers were under [[FISA]] surveillance, a fact unknown and unreported by the 9/11 investigating Commission and omitted from the 9/11 Commission Report.<ref>https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2013/6/14/1216187/-Director-Mueller-9-11-Hijackers-were-in-Fact-Under-NSA-Surveillance</ref>

Shortly before finishing his 12-year tenure Mueller told a Congressional committee that [[9/11]] hijackers were under [[FISA]] surveillance, a fact unknown and unreported by the 9/11 investigating Commission and omitted from the 9/11 Commission Report.<ref>https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2013/6/14/1216187/-Director-Mueller-9-11-Hijackers-were-in-Fact-Under-NSA-Surveillance</ref>

==Obama era==

==Obama era==

==Special counsel==

==Special counsel==

[[File:Mooo9.jpg|right|350px|thumb|During his Russia probe, Mueller indicted "the proverbial ham sandwich."]]

[[File:Mooo9.jpg|right|350px|thumb|During his Russia probe, Mueller indicted "the proverbial ham sandwich."]]

In the wake of James Comey's firing, Assistant Attorney General [[Rod Rosenstein]] appointed Mueller as a special counsel to take over the FBI's [[counterintelligence]] investigation of the Trump campaign and administration. The investigation now also became a criminal probe, alleging Trump fired Comey to obsruct justice.  

In the wake of James Comey's firing, Assistant Attorney General [[Rod Rosenstein]] appointed Mueller as a special counsel to take over the FBI's [[counterintelligence]] investigation of the Trump campaign and administration. The investigation now also became a criminal probe, alleging Trump fired Comey to obstruct justice.  

Deputy Director [[Andrew McCabe]], who was already under internal investigation for conflicts of interest in both the Clinton email scandal and the FBI's Russia investigation, became Acting FBI Director. McCabe latter was fired and faced criminal prosecution.<ref>https://www.federaltimes.com/federal-oversight/doj-fbi/2018/04/19/fired-fbi-deputy-chief-andrew-mccabe-faces-criminal-referral/ </ref> Ironically, Trump interviewed Mueller as Comey's replacement the day before Rosenstein appointed him Special Counsel.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/13/politics/trump-robert-mueller-fbi-director-interview/index.html </ref>

Deputy Director [[Andrew McCabe]], who was already under internal investigation for conflicts of interest in both the Clinton email scandal and the FBI's Russia investigation, became Acting FBI Director. McCabe latter was fired and faced criminal prosecution.<ref>https://www.federaltimes.com/federal-oversight/doj-fbi/2018/04/19/fired-fbi-deputy-chief-andrew-mccabe-faces-criminal-referral/ </ref> Ironically, Trump interviewed Mueller as Comey's replacement the day before Rosenstein appointed him Special Counsel.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/13/politics/trump-robert-mueller-fbi-director-interview/index.html </ref>