India, July 15 -- President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is aware of conspiracy theories circulating about the sudden death of his friend and ally, Senator Lindsey Graham, R-S.C but declared "the FBI is wasting their time" investigating the matter.

The president was responding to reporters in the Oval Office who asked why FBI agents were at Graham's home just blocks from the Capitol on Monday, following the 71-year-old senator's death on Saturday night.

"I don't see a lot of evil there," Trump said. "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 had said Sunday that the FBI was "assisting local authorities," as per CBS News. As...