Mueller appointed special counsel for Russia probe
Dated 17 May 2017: Mueller appointed special counsel for Russia probe.
Who was responsible
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Robert Mueller
PersonDirect responsibility
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Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.
What changed
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Factrail. (2026). Mueller appointed special counsel for Russia probe. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/mueller-appointed-special-counsel-2017-05
https://factrail.ai/facts/mueller-appointed-special-counsel-2017-05
Accessed 15 October 2026.
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