House Oversight panel withdraws Epstein probe subpoena for Robert Mueller, citing health issues

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has withdrawn its subpoena for former BI Director Robert Mueller to testify in its Jeffrey Epstein probe, citing health issues.

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer announced in early August that he had subpoenaed Mueller along with nine other high-profile former government officials. However, after Mueller's family disclosed Sunday night that he is suffering from Parkinson’s disease and unable to testify to Congress on Tuesday, the committee withdrew its subpoena, The Hill news outlet reported.

"Bob was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in the summer of 2021. He retired from the practice of law at the end of that year. He taught at his law school alma mater during the fall of both 2021 and 2022, and he retired at the end of 2022," the family said in a statement to the New York Times. "His family asks that his privacy be respected."

His family said he struggles with speech and the ability to move around.

Mueller, a Marine and former federal prosecutor who served as FBI director from 2001 to 2013, was special counsel for the Russia collusion probe.