As FBI Chief, Special Counsel Robert Mueller Watched and Allowed Clinton Deals With Russia

Russia investigation shifting sights as Russia ties of several key Democrats are exposed

Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, special counsel on the Russian investigation, leaves following a meeting with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee at the Capitol in Washington on June 21, 2017. SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images

Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating whether the Trump team colluded with Russia in the 2016 elections, is now under the spotlight for his actions and financial ties related to Russia.

When Mueller was director of the FBI, the agency was investigating a Russian campaign to grow its nuclear energy business in the United States. The Hill reported on Oct. 17 that the Russian campaign was using “bribery, kickbacks, extortion, and money laundering.”