Miles Parks

A brief note, President Trump is expected to address the nation tonight at 9 p.m.

Eastern time regarding the war in Iran.

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I'm Miles Parks.

I cover voting.

And thank you for listening to the NPR Politics Podcast.

Hey there.

It's the NPR Politics Podcast.

I'm Miles Parks.

I cover voting.

And it's Friday.

So let's do a look back on this week, starting with the death of former FBI Director Robert Mueller.

He died at the age of 81.

And Keri, I think it's easy to focus just on Mueller's time as special counsel.

We'll get to that in just a bit.

But I want to start with his much longer career in law enforcement.

Tell us about that.

Right.

So getting into the more present time with Mueller, he became prominent during Trump's first term because he was appointed special counsel to investigate the allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 election.