{"id":4998,"date":"2026-07-13T11:59:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T06:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=4998"},"modified":"2026-07-13T11:59:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T06:59:19","slug":"bill-browder-pushes-lindsey-graham-conspiracy-theories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=4998","title":{"rendered":"Bill Browder Pushes Lindsey Graham Conspiracy Theories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-wrap\">\n<div class=\"o-share-btn-wrap\">\n<div id=\"post-social\">\n<div class=\"o-share-wrap\">\n<p>    <button class=\"o-share-btn o-share-btn-article\">Share<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-share\">\n<div class=\"share-reddit o-share-item is-hidden\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/submit\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"window.location = '\/\/www.reddit.com\/submit?url=\" encodeuricomponent=\"\" return=\"\" false=\"\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64, 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\" alt=\"submit to reddit\" border=\"0\" width=\"58\" height=\"20\"\/> <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n      <button id=\"copy-button\" data-copy-url=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/prominent-putin-critic-fans-the-flames-on-lindsey-graham-conspiracy-theories-russians-are-expert-at-administration-of-poisons\">Copy\u00a0Link<\/button>&#13;\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"o-comments-link u-disqus-count c-article__comments-link\" aria-label=\"Comments\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/prominent-putin-critic-fans-the-flames-on-lindsey-graham-conspiracy-theories-russians-are-expert-at-administration-of-poisons\/#open-comments\" data-disqus-identifier=\"5741910 https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/?p=5741910\">\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"post-body\">\n<div id=\"attachment_5741913\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5741913\" class=\"wp-image-5741913 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/am14.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-12T155614-853.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1250\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/am14.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-12T155614-853.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/am14.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-12T155614-853-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/am14.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-12T155614-853-1200x691.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/am14.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-12T155614-853-768x442.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1250px) 100vw, 1250px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5741913\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photos: Frontline on YouTube and Francis Chung\/POLITICO via AP Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Financier <strong>Bill Browder\u00a0<\/strong>said he believed Russian agents could have poisoned Sen. <strong>Lindsey Graham<\/strong> (R-SC) during the senator\u2019s trip to Ukraine right before he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/lindsey-graham-dead-at-71\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">died on Saturday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Browder \u2014 an American-born British financier who worked in Russia for years and is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/bill-browder-putin-enemy-number-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">big-time critic<\/a> of <strong>Vladimir Putin<\/strong> \u2014 posted on X on Sunday morning that he was not buying \u201ccardiac arrest\u201d as a legit answer for Graham dying at the age of 71. Browder said there had to be more to it.<\/p>\n<p>He said he did not want to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but that he knows Russian agents are \u201cexpert\u201d at poising people and that they often operate inside Ukraine, where Graham had just met with Ukrainian President <strong>Volodymyr Zelensky. <\/strong>Graham had been a major supporter of Ukraine in its four-year war with Russia, and like Browder, repeatedly slammed Putin.<\/p>\n<p>That pro-Ukraine, anti-Putin combo could have spurred Russia to kill Graham, Browder said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot to be a conspiracy theorist, but Lindsay Graham was the leading driver of the devastating sanctions bill against Russia,\u201d Browder posted. \u201cYesterday, he announced that President Trump agreed to it. He had just returned from Ukraine where it\u2019s not unknown for Russian agents to operate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Browder continued, \u201cRussians are expert at administration of poisons that look like heart attacks. All tests should be done immediately to rule out foul play. I\u2019ve seen enough Russian related suspicious deaths to know this is the only course of action.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"906022125530ef8ca27b6b2ed0f9abdf\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I agree with this. Not to be a conspiracy theorist, but Lindsay Graham was the leading driver of the devastating sanctions bill against Russia. Yesterday, he announced that president Trump agreed to it. He had just returned from Ukraine where it\u2019s not unknown for Russian agents\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hnMaynu5MC\">https:\/\/t.co\/hnMaynu5MC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sir William Browder KCMG (@Billbrowder) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Billbrowder\/status\/2076314118877749250?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Browder\u2019s post came the morning after Graham\u2019s office said he died from a \u201cbrief and sudden illness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That was followed on Sunday afternoon by his office saying a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/just-in-lindsey-grahams-preliminary-cause-of-death-revealed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">preliminary exam<\/a> found Graham\u00a0died from \u201cAortic Dissection due to Arteriosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fox News reported around the same time that law enforcement officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/fox-news-told-by-federal-law-enforcement-there-is-no-indication-of-foul-play-in-lindsey-grahams-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">did not believe \u201cfoul play\u201d<\/a> was a factor in Graham\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>New: The Mediaite One-Sheet &#8220;Newsletter of Newsletters&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>Your daily summary and analysis of what the many, many media newsletters are saying and reporting. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/subscribe\">Subscribe now!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Share &#13; Copy\u00a0Link&#13; \u00a0 (Photos: Frontline on YouTube and Francis Chung\/POLITICO via AP Images) Financier Bill Browder\u00a0said he believed Russian agents could have poisoned Sen. 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