Trump Splits With FBI, Questions Decision To Probe Lindsey Graham’s Death

President Donald Trump reacted on Tuesday to the news that the FBI was looking into the recent death of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), saying that he believed it was a “waste of time.”

Arguing that Graham — who died late Saturday evening of what the medical examiner’s office believes to be an aortic dissection — had most likely died of natural causes, he questioned the wisdom of expending personnel and effort on an investigation.

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???? REPORTER: Do you know why the FBI is looking into Lindsey Graham’s death?

PRESIDENT TRUMP: “I don’t see a lot of evil there. All sorts of conspiracy theories. The FBI is wasting their time if they’re doing that.”

“Supposedly…this is something that is almost undetectable.… pic.twitter.com/QtQLEyNDzR

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 14, 2026

“Are you aware of why the FBI is looking into Senator Graham’s death?” one reporter asked. “Have you gotten any updates on why they were at his home?”

“Well, I don’t know why because I think that he had a problem. His father had a very similar problem as you know,” Trump said, referring to Graham’s health. “It’s very unique. At first I heard it was clogged arteries, because he did have clogged arteries. He had a problem with that. He was — I wish he took better care of himself. You can solve that problem, but what happened is actually something that’s very hard to detect, it was not related to the — any blockage — it was a totally different thing.”

“Supposedly — and I’ve watched all the medical reports, I’ve had the doctors from the White House come in and explain what happened,” Trump continued. “This is something that is almost undetectable. If it happens, there’s not much you can do about it. Sounds unfortunate. If you look at — his father died of the same thing at about the same age.”

“I don’t see a lot of evil there. I know there’s all sorts of conspiracy theories going along, but I don’t think the FBI — I think the FBI is wasting their time if they’re doing that,” Trump added.

A report from NBC News confirmed that more than a dozen federal agents and Capitol Police officers searched Graham’s residence, stating that they were investigating out of an abundance of caution.

Just days prior to his death, Graham had responded to the news that his photo — complete with a target plastered over his forehead — had been displayed at the late Ayatollah Khamenei’s funeral: “At least they used a good photo of me. Judge me by my enemies.”

At least they used a good photo of me.

Judge me by my enemies. https://t.co/Ok2Oq1v4O5 pic.twitter.com/b1RBvzKo9K

— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) July 6, 2026

Others suggested that Graham could have been targeted by Russia, given that he’d only returned from meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky the day before his death.