{"id":1964522,"date":"2023-07-05T12:27:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T16:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/who-left-cocaine-at-the-white-house-shifting-stories-make-it-difficult-to-determine\/"},"modified":"2023-07-05T12:28:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T16:28:00","slug":"who-left-cocaine-at-the-white-house-shifting-stories-make-it-difficult-to-determine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/who-left-cocaine-at-the-white-house-shifting-stories-make-it-difficult-to-determine\/","title":{"rendered":"Unclear who left cocaine at White House. Conflicting accounts complicate investigation."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwho-left-cocaine-at-the-white-house-shifting-stories-make-it-difficult-to-determine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1964522&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Hunter Biden, who has struggled with cocaine addiction, watched fireworks from White House days after discovery<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure><figcaption>\n      U.S. President Joe Biden hugs his wife Dr. Jill Biden, son Hunter Biden and daughter Ashley Biden after being sworn in as U.S. president on January 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong\/Getty Images)<br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Shifting stories raise questions<\/h3>\n<p>Shifting stories about where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-lawmaker-advised-mormon-bishop-against-reporting-church-member-who-sexually-abused-daughters-lawsuit-filings-say\/\" title=\"State Lawmaker Advised Mormon Bishop Against Reporting Church Member Who Sexually Abused Daughters, Lawsuit Filings Say\">law enforcement officials discovered<\/a> a substance identified as cocaine at the White House this week are raising questions about how it ended up inside the building.<\/p>\n<p>A Washington, D.C. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/substance-found-in-white-house-tests-positive-for-cocaine\/\" title=\"Cocaine detected in substance at White House.\">fire department dispatch call<\/a> on Sunday said the white powder, identified as &#8220;cocaine hydrochloride,&#8221; was discovered in the &#8220;library&#8221; of the executive mansion. But a Secret Service spokesman later said it was found in the West Wing.<\/p>\n<p>While the West Wing houses the daily work offices for President Joe Biden and White House staffers, the library is located in the White House living quarters below, where access is more restricted.<\/p>\n<p>The location of the substance could provide clues to whether it was brought into the building by a White House staffer, a visitor, or a Biden family member. Hunter Biden, who pleaded guilty to tax and gun charges in June, has publicly struggled with cocaine addiction for years and was booted from the U.S. Navy in 2014 after testing positive for cocaine.<\/p>\n<p>The discovery of cocaine at the White House is politically inconvenient for Biden, who has faced questions about his son\u2019s rampant drug use and foreign business dealings. During Biden\u2019s time in the Senate, he drafted a 1986 law that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/who-left-cocaine-at-the-white-house-shifting-stories-make-it-difficult-to-determine\/\" title=\"Unclear who left cocaine at White House. Conflicting accounts complicate investigation.\">instituted significantly harsher prison sentences<\/a> for crack cocaine possession as compared to powder cocaine. Critics have slammed the law as racist, arguing that it disproportionately targeted the black community.<\/p>\n<p>The White House was briefly evacuated on Sunday after Secret Service agents discovered the suspicious substance during a sweep of the building. President Biden and his immediate family, including son Hunter, were not at the White House at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The D.C. fire department was called in to test the substance. &#8220;We have a yellow bar saying cocaine hydrochloride,&#8221; said a responder in a dispatch call published by the <em>Daily Mail<\/em>, adding that it was discovered in the library. Cocaine hydrochloride refers to the powder version of cocaine.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Guglielmi, a spokesman for the Secret Service, later said the substance was found in the &#8220;work area of the West Wing,&#8221; according to the <em>New York Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter Biden was rumored to be living at the executive mansion earlier this spring, but this has not been confirmed by the White House.<\/p>\n<h3>President Biden&#8217;s support for his son<\/h3>\n<p>President Biden has publicly embraced his son since his guilty plea in June. Hunter Biden attended a state dinner with the Indian prime minister last month, and he joined the president and First Lady to watch July 4th fireworks from the White House balcony this week after the white substance was discovered. On Friday, shortly before the substance&#8217;s discovery, White House pool reporters <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/06\/30\/hunter-biden-once-again-joins-joe-biden-for-weekend-getaway-to-camp-david\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">saw<\/a> Hunter Biden depart the White House with his father to travel to Camp David.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hunter Biden, battling cocaine addiction, observed White House fireworks shortly after President Joe Biden&#8217;s inauguration. The event captured a heartwarming moment as the President embraced his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, and their children, Hunter and Ashley Biden. 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