{"id":1966452,"date":"2023-07-07T10:22:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T14:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-republicans-launch-investigation-into-white-house-cocaine\/"},"modified":"2023-07-07T10:24:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T14:24:02","slug":"top-republicans-launch-investigation-into-white-house-cocaine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-republicans-launch-investigation-into-white-house-cocaine\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP launches probe into White House cocaine scandal."},"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\">16<\/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%2Ftop-republicans-launch-investigation-into-white-house-cocaine%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=1966452&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 class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/roy-francis\">Roy Francis<\/a><br \/>7:10 AM \u2013 Friday, July 7, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, James Comer, wrote a letter to the United States Secret Service Director, Kimberly Cheatle, demanding more information about the failures of the White House security which led to cocaine being brought on the premises.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8The presence of illegal drugs in the White House is unacceptable and a shameful moment in the White House\u2019s history. <\/p>\n<p>Congress funds White House security procedures &#038; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOPoversight?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GOPoversight<\/a> has oversight jurisdiction over Secret Service operations. <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m requesting a briefing.\ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5ORRhE7bey\">pic.twitter.com\/5ORRhE7bey<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. James Comer (@RepJamesComer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepJamesComer\/status\/1677288796453257216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Comer (R-Ky.) told Cheatle, who is leading the investigation into the substance, that the presence of the illegal drugs on the premises of the White House was \u201cunacceptable and a shameful moment in the White House\u2019s history.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThis alarming development requires the Committee to assess White House security practices and determine whose failures led to an evacuation of the building and finding of the illegal substance,\u201d Comer wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In his <a href=\"https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/White-House-Secret-Service-Letter-Briefing-request-070723.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter<\/a> on Friday, Comer said that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-republicans-launch-probe-into-massive-teachers-unions-influence-on-cdc-demand-communications\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Republicans Launch Probe Into Massive Teachers Union\u2019s Influence On CDC, Demand Communications\">staff-level briefing<\/a> will be held on July 14<sup>th<\/sup> as the House Oversight Committee, which has jurisdiction over Secret Service operations, seeks more details about the cocaine that was found in a highly trafficked part of the West Wing of Sunday. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Details regarding the illegal substance and where it was found have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ghislaine-maxwell-claims-prince-andrew-virginia-giuffre-photo-is-fake\/\" title=\"Ghislaine Maxwell Claims Prince Andrew, Virginia Giuffre Photo Is Fake\">changed multiple times<\/a> throughout the week. Initially, it was reported that the cocaine was found in the library, then it was reported that the actual location was in the West Wing lobby.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The White House Cocaine has moved from the Library to the Entry to a Cubby to a Secure Area in the West Wing\u2026and now they are hinting it&#8217;s Kamala&#8217;s?!?<\/p>\n<p>Where do you think the Cocaine will be moving to today?  <\/p>\n<p>We need an interactive map!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason Robertson (@JRobFromMN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JRobFromMN\/status\/1677274873117155330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>However, NBC News reported on Thursday that the cocaine was found in a cubby near the White House\u2019s West Executive entrance, which is located on the floor below the lobby.<\/p>\n<p>The West Executive Entrance is on the West Executive Drive, the driveway located between the West Wing and the Eisenhower Executive Office Building where Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 motorcade parks, along with White House senior staffers.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre hinted that a person attending a tour of the White House may have left the substance in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/review-2000-mules\/\" title=\"REVIEW: \u20182000 Mules\u2019\">heavily trafficked area<\/a> of the West Wing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThis is a heavily, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-republicans-launch-investigation-into-white-house-cocaine\/\" title=\"GOP launches probe into White House cocaine scandal.\">heavily trafficked \u2013 heavily traveled<\/a> to be more accurate \u2013 area of the campus of the White House. And it is where visitors to the West Wing come,\u201d she said. \u201cI just don\u2019t have anything else \u2013 I\u2019m not going to speculate on who it was.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>White House officials faced backlash and criticism when they expressed their doubts about finding the culprit due to the area being so heavily trafficked throughout the day.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUST IN: Former FBI agent and acting commissioner of the Customs and Border Protection Agency under Trump Mark Morgan says the White House cocaine mystery should take \u201cabout 30 minutes to solve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a manifest. There are cameras. I could go on. This literally should take\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Hm55KkzQbb\">pic.twitter.com\/Hm55KkzQbb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1676978621947449350?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 6, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. 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