The death of Lindsey Graham has sparked a wildfire of conspiracy theories, and as reports of a possible FBI investigation emerge, President Donald Trump says the agency is “wasting” its time.
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According to NBC News, “The president was responding to reporters in the Oval Office who asked him why FBI agents were at Graham’s home just blocks from the Capitol on Monday after the 71-year-old senator’s death on Saturday night. ‘I don’t see a lot of evil there,’ Trump said. ‘I know there’s all sorts of conspiracy theories going along, and I think the FBI is wasting their time if they’re doing that.’”
Washington’s chief medical examiner said Graham’s death was the result of “aortic dissection due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease,” or a rupture of his aorta due to a hardening of his arteries. While authorities are still waiting on the final results of toxicology and other testing, the preliminary diagnosis hasn’t prevented the internet from erupting with conspiracy theories.
As NBC News explains, while appearing on Newsmax on Monday, Trump was “asked about the conspiracy theories swirling about Graham and whether Russia could have poisoned him. A key defender of both Ukraine and Israel, Graham had been pushing for tougher sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin and Moscow, and had just met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv the day before he died.”
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“Just to answer the conspiracy theory, I’d love to say yes, but I think he — he had some problems,” Trump replied. “And his father died just about at the same age. … I’m a believer in the racehorse theory, you know, if you have problems, you have problems. And he had some problems that were a little bit deep-seated and not easy to find.”
That same day, “NBC News observed nearly 20 FBI and other federal agents gathered outside Graham’s row house on Capitol Hill. Multiple FBI agents entered the home and were seen taking photographs but did not appear to be removing items. FBI Director Kash Patel has said his agency is ‘assisting local authorities’ in the matter. And two law enforcement sources familiar with the scene on Monday said federal agents continue to investigate Graham’s death out of an abundance of caution.” But according to sources, “no new evidence has arisen since Saturday night to indicate foul play.”
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