2026-07-14T18:24:00.589Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：贝琪·克莱因、霍姆斯·莱布兰德、马努·拉朱、艾莉森·梅因
更新时间：2026年7月14日美国东部时间下午2:36
发布时间：2026年7月14日美国东部时间下午2:24
美国南卡罗来纳州联邦参议员林赛·格雷厄姆于4月16日出席参议院预算委员会听证会。
唐纳德·特朗普总统周二淡化了联邦参议员林赛·格雷厄姆之死是恶意行为所致的说法，称如果联邦调查局（FBI）就此事追查阴谋论，那就是在“浪费时间”。
据四位向美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）透露消息的执法部门消息人士称，调查人员没有任何迹象表明格雷厄姆死于非自然或恶意原因。其中一位消息人士表示，当地警方正在对某人死亡事件进行常规审查，联邦调查局只是在必要时提供资源支持。
“我知道各种阴谋论甚嚣尘上，我不认为联邦调查局——我觉得如果他们真这么做，就是在浪费时间，”当被问及联邦调查局为何调查格雷厄姆之死，或是他是否收到任何相关最新进展时，特朗普如此说道。
法医初步表示，格雷厄姆死于主动脉夹层——动脉撕裂，在大多数情况下会危及生命。网络上的评论员提出了更多险恶的阴谋论。例如极右翼活动人士劳拉·卢默，她将格雷厄姆的死与他此前刚从乌克兰返回联系起来，后者曾在乌克兰推动对俄罗斯实施制裁。共和党联邦参议员约翰·科宁呼吁公布毒理学报告，以“排除任何蓄意谋杀的可能”。
执法界一些人士认为，联邦调查局局长卡什·帕特尔在格雷厄姆去世后在X平台上发布的隐晦帖子火上浇油，他当时称联邦调查局“正在协助当地当局，并已提供所有必要资源”。而周一有人看到联邦调查局特工进入格雷厄姆在华盛顿特区的住所，却未明确说明原因，这加剧了公众的困惑——此前消息人士曾指出，没有任何谋杀迹象。
帕特尔和联邦调查局均未公开澄清局长的这番表态。消息人士告诉CNN，帕特尔的帖子意在指执法部门在议员去世后遵循的常规审查流程。
从与格雷厄姆生前几小时有过接触的人士处了解到的公开信息，均未指向任何蓄意谋杀的可能。
共和党联邦参议员汤米·图伯维尔表示，周六晚间，他的一名助手与格雷厄姆的日程安排员在一起时，这位南卡罗来纳州共和党人致电日程安排员，称自己胸痛——这可能是主动脉夹层的症状——并要求她拨打急救电话。
“林赛打了电话，基本上就是说，‘听着，我胸痛。你知道，我需要采取措施’，”图伯维尔周一向记者转述相关人员的说法。美国有线电视新闻网此前也曾报道，据Broadcastify平台的调度音频显示，当晚约8点30分美国东部时间，急救人员被派往格雷厄姆在华盛顿特区的一处住所，处理一名胸痛患者的报告。
多位人士表示，在与格雷厄姆生前的互动中，他状态良好。
特朗普称，他在格雷厄姆去世前曾与其通电话，格雷厄姆表示旅途劳累，但除此之外看起来一切正常。联邦参议员凯蒂·布里特告诉CNN，她也在本周末与格雷厄姆交谈过——在他与特朗普通话之后——格雷厄姆“非常兴奋能让白宫支持俄罗斯制裁法案”。她表示，完全没有察觉到任何异常。
民主党联邦参议员理查德·布卢门撒尔也向CNN提供了类似的说法。
“他听起来状态极佳，”布卢门撒尔说道，他提到自己在周五和周六都与格雷厄姆交谈过。“事实上，比良好还要好。”
特朗普周二表示，主动脉撕裂“非常难以检测”，他曾让白宫医生向他解释过该诊断。
“当它破裂时——确实如此——它破裂了——几乎无力回天，所以我不认为这里有什么邪恶之处，”他说道。
他还谈及自己的这位朋友：“我真希望他能更爱惜自己的身体。”
美国有线电视新闻网的汉娜·拉宾诺维茨对本次报道亦有贡献。
Trump says FBI is ‘wasting their time’ if they’re pursuing conspiracy theories in Graham death investigation
2026-07-14T18:24:00.589Z / CNN
By Betsy Klein, Holmes Lybrand, Manu Raju, Alison Main
Updated Jul 14, 2026, 2:36 PM ET
PUBLISHED Jul 14, 2026, 2:24 PM ET
Sen. Lindsey Graham during a Senate budget committee hearing on April 16.
Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images/File
President Donald Trump downplayed the idea Tuesday that Sen. Lindsey Graham’s death was a result of any nefarious activity, saying the FBI is “wasting their time” if they’re pursuing conspiracy theories about the matter.
According to four law enforcement sources who spoke with CNN, investigators have no indication that Graham died from unnatural or nefarious causes. One of the sources said local police are conducting a normal review after someone dies, and the FBI has just offered their resources if necessary.
“I know there’s all sorts of conspiracy theories going along, and I don’t think the FBI — I think the FBI is wasting their time if they’re doing that,” Trump said when asked why the FBI was looking into the death or if he had gotten any updates.
The medical examiner has said preliminarily that Graham suffered an aortic dissection – a tear in his artery that is life threatening in most cases. Commentators online have suggested more sinister theories. Far-right activist Laura Loomer, for example, pointed to Graham having just returned from Ukraine, where he pushed for sanctions against Russia, before his death Saturday. GOP Sen. John Cornyn called for the release of a toxicology report to “rule out any foul play.”
Some in the law enforcement community felt FBI Director Kash Patel added fuel to the fire when he cryptically posted on X following Graham’s death that the FBI was “assisting local authorities and has made every necessary resource available.” And the public confusion was compounded when FBI agents were seen entering Graham’s home in Washington, DC, on Monday – with no clear indication as to why, as sources had indicated previously there weren’t signs of foul play.
Neither Patel nor the FBI has publicly clarified the director’s statement. Sources told CNN that Patel’s post was meant to reference the normal review process law enforcement takes following a lawmaker’s death.
Much of what is known publicly from those who interacted with Graham in the hours before his death does not point to any foul play.
GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville said one of his staffers was with Graham’s scheduler Saturday evening when the South Carolina Republican called the scheduler to complain of chest pains – which could be a symptom of an aortic dissection – and asked her to call for emergency services.
“Lindsey called, called basically, said, ‘Listen, I’m having chest pains. You know, I need to do something,’” Tuberville told reporters on Monday, relaying the account of those involved. CNN also previously reported that emergency responders were dispatched to a DC address for Graham around 8:30 pm ET for a report of someone suffering chest pains, according to audio of the dispatch on Broadcastify.
Several people have said Graham sounded OK in their interactions with him before he died.
Trump has said he talked to Graham on the phone before his death, and Graham indicated he was tired from the trip but otherwise seemed fine. Sen. Katie Britt told CNN she also spoke with Graham this weekend – after he spoke with Trump – and he was “so excited about getting the White House onboard with the Russian sanctions bill.” She said she had no sense anything was amiss.
Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal offered a similar account to CNN.
“He sounded absolutely fine,” said Blumenthal, noting he had talked to Graham on Friday and Saturday. “In fact, better than fine.”
Trump said Tuesday an aortic tear is “very hard to detect” and that he has had White House doctors explain the diagnosis to him.
“When that bursts, which it did — it burst — there’s not much, so I don’t see a lot of evil there,” he said.
He added of his friend: “I wish he took better care of himself.”
CNN’s Hannah Rabinowitz contributed to this report.
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