Trump downplays FBI role after Graham death: 'I wish he took better care of himself' [View all]
Source: The Hill
07/14/26 12:50 PM ET
President Trump said he did not know why the FBI showed up at the late Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-S.C) home in Washington, saying the bureau is “wasting their time.”
“Well, I don’t know why because I think he had a problem,” Trump said in the Oval Office Tuesday while meeting with the Iraqi prime minister. “His father had a pretty similar problem, as you know, it’s very unique.” “I don’t see a lot of evil there, 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,” he added.
Graham died Saturday evening from what his office said was a “brief and sudden illness.” The chief medical examiner preliminarily ruled on Sunday that the 71-year-old died of aortic dissection due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. The South Carolina Republican’s father died at the age of 69 from a heart attack.
“At first I heard It was clogged arteries,” the president said of the late senator. “Because he did have clogged arteries. He had a problem with that. He was – I wish he took better care of himself.” Trump said he’s reviewed the medical reports and has heard from White House doctors to explain what happened.
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