Washington (AP) – House Committee Investigating the handling of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking case from Justice Department has been withdrawn from subpoena FBI Director Robert Muellercites his health status.
Mueller was directed to appear before the House Oversight Committee on Tuesday last month, but the subpoena was withdrawn after learning of unspecified health issues.
The New York Times reported on Sunday night that Muller was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in the summer of 2021, making it difficult to speak, citing statements from Muller’s family and people nearby.
Mueller was appointed FBI Director in 2001 by then President George W. Bush, and the Shepherds led the evolution of the Bureau to the National Security and Intelligence Reporting Agency. He resigned in 2013 and has been working for over 10 years.
2017, He was stolen to serve as a special advisor to the Department of Justice He is responsible for investigating potential coordination between the 2016 Trump election and Russia.
His team has revealed extensive efforts by Russian operatives to intervene in the election on Trump’s behalf over the next two years, securing criminal charges and convictions against multiple Trump’s peers. However, no sufficient evidence was found to prove an illegal conspiracy between Moscow and the campaign that shook the election.
Mueller has rarely spoken about the investigation since that conclusion. However, he testified before Congress in July 2019.sometimes attracted attention for his stubborn and stopping methods of his testimony.
Last month, Kentucky Rep. James Commer, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, issued a subpoena to Mueller, and more than half a dozen other former law enforcement agencies and government officials to testify about their potential involvement in a long-standing investigation into Epstein. A wealthy investor who died in August 2019 after arrest on sex trafficking charges He decided it was a suicide.
Parkinson’s disease is a neurological disorder that deprives people of their own movements. It usually starts with a trembling and is characterized by slow movements, shuffling gait, stiff limbs, balance issues, and obscure utterances. There is no treatment, but there is treatment.
