{"id":1971778,"date":"2023-07-13T11:08:08","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T15:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-concludes-cocaine-investigation-without-suspect\/"},"modified":"2023-07-13T11:08:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T15:08:59","slug":"secret-service-concludes-cocaine-investigation-without-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-concludes-cocaine-investigation-without-suspect\/","title":{"rendered":"Cocaine investigation ends, no suspect found &#8211; Secret Service."},"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\">18<\/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%2Fsecret-service-concludes-cocaine-investigation-without-suspect%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=1971778&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--><h2>The Secret Service Concludes Investigation into Cocaine Discovery in the West Wing<\/h2>\n<p>The Secret Service has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-russia-china-to-run-war-drills-in-latin-america\/\" title=\"Iran, Russia, China To Run War Drills in Latin America\">recently wrapped<\/a> up its investigation into a bag of cocaine that was found in the West Wing of the White House. Despite their efforts, no suspects have been identified.<\/p>\n<p>House lawmakers and staff were briefed by Secret Service agents on Thursday regarding the investigation. Concerns were raised by Republicans about the implications of this discovery on the security of the White House. The incident occurred on July 2 while President Joe Biden was at Camp David.<\/p>\n<h3>Unanswered Questions and Frustration<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;This is the most ridiculous thing I&#8217;ve ever seen in my life,&#8221; exclaimed Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) as he left the classified House briefing. Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-concludes-cocaine-investigation-without-suspect\/\" title=\"Cocaine investigation ends, no suspect found - Secret Service.\">analyzing visitor logs<\/a> and security footage, the Secret Service was unable to identify a suspect or determine a time frame. Fingerprints could not be obtained either.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The bag of drugs was discovered near the West Executive entrance, in a cubby where visitors typically leave their personal belongings. As a precautionary measure, the White House was evacuated and the D.C. Fire Department was called in to assess the situation and ensure the safety of everyone present.<\/p>\n<p>White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre addressed the incident during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-extends-southern-california-stay-at-home-order-for-at-least-another-three-weeks\/\" title=\"Newsom Extends Southern California Stay-at-Home Order For at Least Another Three Weeks\">press briefing<\/a>, stating that there had been tours in the area on the day of the discovery and the two days prior. She emphasized that the Secret Service is solely responsible for handling this matter and that it falls under their protocol.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the conclusion of the investigation, many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rush-to-judgement-three-crucial-questions-remain-unanswered-about-capitol-siege\/\" title=\"Rush to judgement? Three crucial questions remain unanswered about Capitol siege\">questions remain unanswered<\/a>, leaving both lawmakers and the public frustrated and concerned about the security of the White House.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Secret Service has wrapped up its probe into a bag of cocaine discovered in the West Wing. No suspects have been identified. House lawmakers and staff were briefed on Thursday, addressing Republican concerns about the security implications of the July 2 find, which occurred during President Joe Biden&#8217;s absence at Camp David.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1971779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1971778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1971778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1971779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1971778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1971778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1971778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}