--- title: Robert Mueller Just Interviewed Reince Priebus description: Former White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus answered questions from Robert Mueller's team canonical: https://time.com/4982593/robert-mueller-russia-investigation-reince-priebus-donald-trump/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-13T22:41:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T17:51:45.338Z article:section: Politics og:title: Robert Mueller's Team Just Interviewed Reince Priebus og:description: He answered questions from Mueller's team og:url: https://time.com/4982593/robert-mueller-russia-investigation-reince-priebus-donald-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt55fd8d72123fb8bf/6988e1f4096a94564a6a001e/reince-priebus-robert-mueller.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: President Trump Hosts Ceremony Recognizing First Responders In The June 14 Congressional Baseball Shooting og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Robert Mueller's Team Just Interviewed Reince Priebus twitter:description: He answered questions from Mueller's team twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt55fd8d72123fb8bf/6988e1f4096a94564a6a001e/reince-priebus-robert-mueller.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Robert Mueller's Team Just Interviewed Trump's Former Chief of Staff Reince Priebus by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Oct 13, 2017 10:41 PM UTC  Reince Priebus attends an event in the East Room of the White House recognizing the first responders to the June 14 shooting involving Congressman Steve Scalise July 27, 2017 in Washington, DC. Reince Priebus attends an event in the East Room of the White House recognizing the first responders to the June 14 shooting involving Congressman Steve Scalise July 27, 2017 in Washington, DC.Win McNamee—Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Oct 13, 2017 10:41 PM UTC Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team interviewed former White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus on Friday, Priebus’ lawyer said. “Mr. Priebus was voluntarily interviewed by Special Counsel Mueller’s team today,” his attorney William Burck told Politico. “He was happy to answer all of their questions.” Mueller, a former director of the FBI, is investigating Russian attempts to influence the 2016 presidential election and whether members of President Donald Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia. His team in September sought a large [collection of documents](http://time.com/4950994/robert-mueller-investigation-documents-white-house/) from the White House. Mueller has appeared to [accelerate the investigation](http://time.com/4953215/robert-mueller-investigation-what-we-know/) in recent weeks, according to experts. Priebus is among at least half a dozen current and former aides to Trump who are expected to be interviewed by Mueller’s team. The former Chief of Staff was replaced by John Kelly in July. Other [aides expected to be interviewed](http://time.com/4950994/robert-mueller-investigation-documents-white-house/) are former press secretary Sean Spicer and White House counsel Don McGahn, according to the Associated Press. 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