On Tuesday, amid reports that the FBI had swarmed the home of Lindsey Graham following his death, a leading biographer of President Donald Trump offered a theory on the agents’ shady intentions.
“I couldn't understand why the FBI was investigating Lindsey Graham's death—in the absence of any suspicious toxicology report in the autopsy,” posted Seth Abramson, who penned a trilogy of bestselling books on the Trump administration’s corruption, “until I realized it gave Trump and his lawyer Kash Patel an excuse to enter Graham's house and remove potentially incriminating documents.”
Since Graham’s death over the weekend, there has been a wave of conspiracy theories purporting that he was poisoned by Russia over his advocacy for sanctions, despite a medical examiner’s assertion he died of “aortic dissection due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease.” When Trump was asked about his thoughts regarding poisoning, he rambled, “Just to answer the conspiracy theory, I’d love to say yes, but I think he — he had some problems. 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.”
Then when nearly 20 FBI agents were spotted at Graham’s home, asked by reporters whether the senator’s demise was under investigation, Trump gave the shrugging reply, “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.”
FBI Director Kash Patel has been involved with the matter personally, giving credence to Abramson’s theory. While the author didn’t say specifically what incriminating documents the administration could be after, one reply suggested that it could be linked to the investigation into Trump’s meddling in the 2020 Georgia presidential election.
“Trump wants to know what Lindsey Graham told the Georgia grand jury,” posited Mary Pat Flynn, who sued Trump in a trademark dispute in 2016. “Trump wants to know why Trump was indicted in Georgia, but Lindsey Graham wasn’t.”
While Patel has claimed that the FBI is just present at Graham’s home to support local law enforcement, many aren’t buying it.
“You don't send 20 FBI agents to a residence for a ‘routine’ check,” posted Jamie Bonkiewicz, who famously had the Secret Service show up at her door after posting online about White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. “You know they are clearing out Lindsey Graham's computers, correspondence, and personal notes. They are protecting this administration by wiping away any incriminating evidence.”