{"id":1971806,"date":"2023-07-13T11:20:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T15:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unsolved-mystery-secret-service-throws-in-the-towel-in-white-house-cocaine-investigation\/"},"modified":"2023-07-13T11:21:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T15:21:42","slug":"unsolved-mystery-secret-service-throws-in-the-towel-in-white-house-cocaine-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unsolved-mystery-secret-service-throws-in-the-towel-in-white-house-cocaine-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Unsolved Mystery: Secret Service Gives Up on White House Cocaine 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%2Funsolved-mystery-secret-service-throws-in-the-towel-in-white-house-cocaine-investigation%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=1971806&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<p><h2>Agents Say They Can&#8217;t Even Determine the Day the Cocaine Was Left in the West Wing<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>\n      Secret Service agents patrol the security fence around the perimeter of the White House in Washington, D.C. \/ Getty Images<br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Secret Service closed its investigation into the source of cocaine left at the White House without identifying who was responsible for the crime, according to a report Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Secret Service investigators were unable to identify the suspect even after reviewing visitor logs and surveillance footage of hundreds of individuals who entered the West Wing in the days leading up to the discovery of the cocaine in a cubby on July 2, two sources familiar with the investigation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/07\/13\/politics\/white-house-cocaine-investigation\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> CNN. It\u2019s unclear from the report if the Secret Service interviewed Hunter Biden, a recovering crack addict <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/04\/23\/hunter-biden-may-be-living-at-the-white-house-to-evade-legal-papers-from-his-baby-mama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rumored<\/a> to be living at the White House, as part of its investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The report raises serious questions about the veracity of the Secret Service\u2019s investigation. According to CNN, the Secret Service failed to determine what day the illicit substance was left at the White House. Hunter Biden was filmed at the building two days before the discovery of the cocaine.<\/p>\n<p>White House spokesman Andrew Bates <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/bidens-white-house-didnt-care-about-the-hatch-act-until-it-faced-questions-about-hunter-and-cocaine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">refused<\/a> to rule out the possibility that the cocaine belonged to Hunter Biden last Thursday &#8220;because we have to be careful about the Hatch Act.&#8221; Ethics experts scoffed at the suggestion that the Hatch Act, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-the-secret-service-cant-determine-who-brought-cocaine-to-the-white-house\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: White House Cocaine Supplier Remains Unknown to Secret Service\">prevents federal officials<\/a> from engaging in political activity on taxpayer time, would prevent Bates from answering that question.<\/p>\n<p>One source told CNN that investigators believe a visitor to the West Wing was responsible for leaving the cocaine in a cubby where people store phones during tours.<\/p>\n<p>But the Washington, D.C., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comer-demands-secret-service-briefing-on-white-house-cocaine-discovery\/\" title=\"Comer insists on Secret Service briefing for White House cocaine discovery.\">fire department initially<\/a> said in a dispatch call the evening the cocaine was discovered at the White House the substance was found in the &#8220;library&#8221; of the executive mansion, a room located in the living quarters of the White House. Four days later, NBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/fact-check-the-secret-service-cant-determine-who-brought-cocaine-to-the-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that the cocaine was actually discovered at a different cubby near the West Executive entrance, an area near where Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019s limo is parked.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (R., Ga.) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-backs-republican-covid-19-package-after-mcconnell-rejects-bipartisan-proposal\/\" title=\"Trump backs Republican COVID-19 package after McConnell rejects bipartisan proposal\">told reporters<\/a> after a Thursday briefing with Secret Service officials that investigators were unwilling to drug test the 500 potential suspects they had identified during their investigation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Have they drug tested this list of 500 potential suspects that brought an illegal substance\u2014the drug cocaine\u2014into the White House,&#8221; Greene <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12295945\/Secret-Service-CLOSING-White-House-cocaine-investigation-WITHOUT-finding-suspects.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> reporters, according to the <em>Daily Mail.<\/em> &#8220;Their answer was no, and that they&#8217;re unwilling to do so.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Secret Service has a history of intervening in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unsolved-mystery-secret-service-throws-in-the-towel-in-white-house-cocaine-investigation\/\" title=\"Unsolved Mystery: Secret Service Gives Up on White House Cocaine Investigation\">criminal matters implicating<\/a> the Biden family.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, Hunter Biden\u2019s sister-in-law and lover, Hallie Biden, disposed of his .38-caliber handgun at a trash can across the street from a Delaware high school. As state police were probing the incident, Secret Service agents reportedly interviewed the owner of the store where Hunter Biden purchased the handgun just weeks prior. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-secret-service-intervened-in-hunter-biden-gun-incident-lied-on-background-check-form-report-says\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Secret Service Intervened In Hunter Biden Gun Incident; Lied On Background Check Form, Report Says\">store owner refused<\/a> to provide paperwork to the agents fearing they were trying to conceal Hunter Biden\u2019s involvement in the matter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/03\/25\/sources-secret-service-inserted-itself-into-case-of-hunter-bidens-gun-477879\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sources told<\/a> Politico. The Secret Service later denied any involvement in the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Former Secret Service agent Konstantinos Gus Dimitrelos told the <em>Washington Free Beacon <\/em>that investigators had the tools at their disposal to determine who left the cocaine at the White House.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s not like Disney World. People aren\u2019t just coming in and out,&#8221; Dimitrelos said. &#8220;There are cameras there. They could easily go back to the camera footage to see who had something coming out of their pocket that resembled whatever the package looked like.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dimitrelos added that the Secret Service has the means to contact everyone that visited the White House in the days leading up to the discovery of the cocaine, noting that the Service conducts a background check on everyone who enters the building.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They\u2019ve absolutely got everybody\u2019s contact information. They can interview every single person,&#8221; Dimitrelos said.<\/p>\n<p>The Secret Service did not return a request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agents cannot determine the day cocaine was left in the West Wing. The Secret Service closed its investigation into the source of the drug at the White House, failing to identify the responsible party. 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