Maddow rebukes Robert Mueller’s legacy as ‘wildly outmaneuvered’ following his death at 81

MS NOW host Rachel Maddow said Saturday that former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who died Saturday, was “wildly outmaneuvered” by former Attorney General Bill Barr, and that the handling of the Mueller report would weigh heavily on his legacy.

“MS NOW host Rachel Maddow said Saturday that former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who died Saturday, was “wildly outmaneuvered” by former Attorney General Bill Barr, and that the handling of the Mueller report would weigh heavily on his legacy”

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“There’s a reason on a day like this, we need to remind people what was in Mueller’s report — what were the results of his investigation, and that’s because of a failure on his part,” Maddow said during “The Weekend Primetime.”

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“That is because once his investigation and his report were concluded, he was just wildly outmaneuvered by a really serpentine attorney general named Bill Barr, who played really dirty pool when it came to the handling and release of the information from Mueller’s investigation,” Maddow continued.

Mueller died Saturday at the age of 81. He led the FBI from 2001 to 2013 and later served as special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election, a probe that overshadowed much of President Donald Trump’s first term.

Mueller brought charges against multiple Trump associates during the Russia investigation, including former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and former national security advisor Michael Flynn.

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His final report detailed extensive contacts between the Trump campaign and Russian individuals but did not establish a criminal conspiracy.

Mueller declined to make a traditional prosecutorial judgment on whether Trump obstructed justice, citing long-standing Justice Department policy against indicting a sitting president.

Fox News Digital reached out to Barr for comment on Maddow’s statement.

Maddow described the former FBI director’s death as an “end of an era.”

“MS NOW host Rachel Maddow said Saturday that former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who died Saturday, was “wildly outmaneuvered” by former Attorney General Bill Barr, and that the handling of the Mueller report would weigh heavily on his legacy”

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“There aren’t many people for whom I would say this, but it is the end of an era. Robert Mueller is the last in a line of people that I don’t think we’ll ever see the likes of again,” she said.

In response to Mueller’s death, Trump posted on Truth Social, saying, “Good, I’m glad he’s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people!”