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FBI Photos Spur Conspiracy, Graham’s Sister Secures GOP Majority

7/15/2026

Summary

Story summary

FBI agents were photographed outside Senator Lindsey Graham’s Washington, D.C., row house for two days, sparking conspiracy speculation.
President Donald Trump said the FBI is wasting time investigating conspiracy theories about Graham’s death.
The Washington, D.C., medical examiner’s preliminary report listed an aortic dissection from arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease as the likely cause of death.
Graham’s sister Darline Graham Nordone was appointed to finish his Senate term, preserving the Republican majority.

History

Historical Context

On June 5, 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot by Palestinian immigrant Sirhan Sirhan at Los Angeles’s Ambassador Hotel after winning the California primary. The killing was the fourth high-profile political assassination of the 1960s, joining those of John F. Kennedy (1963), Malcolm X (1965) and Martin Luther King Jr. (April 1968). The murder spurred the Secret Service to extend protection to presidential candidates and ignited enduring conspiracy theories about a second gunman.

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Story summary

FBI agents were photographed outside Senator Lindsey Graham’s Washington, D.C., row house for two days, sparking conspiracy speculation.
President Donald Trump said the FBI is wasting time investigating conspiracy theories about Graham’s death.
The Washington, D.C., medical examiner’s preliminary report listed an aortic dissection from arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease as the likely cause of death.
Graham’s sister Darline Graham Nordone was appointed to finish his Senate term, preserving the Republican majority.

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