Overview

• Mueller’s family told the New York Times he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in the summer of 2021 and asked that his privacy be respected.
• Unnamed sources cited by the New York Post report he has recently had trouble moving and speaking and will be unable to comply with a planned request to testify Tuesday.
• Lawmakers sought his account of the FBI’s handling of Jeffrey Epstein matters during his tenure as director from 2001 to 2013.
• His family said he retired from practicing law at the end of 2021, taught at his law school alma mater in fall 2021 and fall 2022, and retired at the end of 2022.
• Parkinson’s disease typically affects older adults, can cause tremors, slowed movement, and speech difficulties, and has no cure; Mueller is 81.