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## Video: Former FBI Chief Robert Mueller Appointed as Special Counsel to Oversee Russia Investigation

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_Published 2017-05-17. Besieged from all sides, the Trump administration appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller Wednesday evening as a special counsel to oversee the federal investigation into allegations Russia and Donald Trump's campaign collaboration._


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