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→Background and career
Mueller was appointed director by [[President George W. Bush]] because of his role in covering up negative publicity about corruption in the FBI Boston field office, and their relationship with the criminal gang run by [[mafia]] kingpin Whitey Bulger.<ref>[https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/00/07/16/reviews/000716.16dershot.html] </ref> Mueller was known to target journalists and public officials who exposed the corruption. As luck would have it, days after being sworn in as director, the 9/11 attack occurred, and the focus on FBI corruption took a backseat as the public looked to the FBI to protect them from future terrorist attacks and Congress expanded the FBI's domestic surveillance powers.
Mueller was appointed director by [[President George W. Bush]] because of his role in covering up negative publicity about corruption in the FBI Boston field office, and their relationship with the criminal gang run by [[mafia]] kingpin Whitey Bulger.<ref>[https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/00/07/16/reviews/000716.16dershot.html] </ref> Mueller was known to target journalists and public officials who exposed the corruption. As luck would have it, days after being sworn in as director, the 9/11 attack occurred, and the focus on FBI corruption took a backseat as the public looked to the FBI to protect them from future terrorist attacks and Congress expanded the FBI's domestic surveillance powers.
Mueller employed serial sexual offender and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein as an informant after Epstein was convicted on dozens of charges.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/07/06/report-jeffrey-epstein-arrested-for-sex-trafficking-and-conspiracy/</ref> Epstein's sentence was widely criticized as one of the most lenient in U.S. history for a repeat sexual offender.
===Whitey Bulger===
===Whitey Bulger===