{"id":1975730,"date":"2023-07-17T22:31:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T02:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-did-best-they-could-with-cocaine-probe-despite-no-suspects-john-kirby\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T22:34:24","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T02:34:24","slug":"white-house-did-best-they-could-with-cocaine-probe-despite-no-suspects-john-kirby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-did-best-they-could-with-cocaine-probe-despite-no-suspects-john-kirby\/","title":{"rendered":"White House&#8217;s Cocaine Probe: No Suspects, But &#8216;Best Efforts&#8217; Made"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fwhite-house-did-best-they-could-with-cocaine-probe-despite-no-suspects-john-kirby%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=1975730&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=\"post_content\">\n \u2064 \u200c<\/p>\n<p>White\u2062 House advisor\u2062 John \u2062Kirby has defended the\u2062 handling of\u2062 the investigation\u200b into\u2063 the \u200ccocaine found\u2063 in\u2063 the West\u2063 Wing, despite the lack of identified\u200b suspects.<\/p>\n<p> \u200b <\/p>\n<p>Kirby, who\u200b serves as National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications, made the remarks\u2063 in\u200d an\u2062 appearance \u200don \u201cFox \u2062News Sunday\u201d while \u200bresponding \u2064to a question\u200c about the\u2064 probe,\u200b which the\u200c Secret Service declared\u2063 closed due \u200bto \u2063a\u2064 \u201clack of \u2064physical evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u2063 <\/p>\n<p \u200bclass=\"speakable\">\u201cThey did \u2062the best they\u2062 could to track\u2064 down\u200c how \u200cit \u2063got there and who it\u200c might\u200b have\u200b belonged to,\u201d Kirby said\u200b in the\u2062 interview. \u200d\u201cAnd they just \u2063were\u2062 not \u2063able\u200d to come up with\u2062 any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kirby-says-investigators-did-the-best-they-could-to-track-down-white-house-cocaine-suspect\/\" title=\"Kirby commends investigators' efforts to locate White House cocaine suspect.\">forensic\u2063 evidence<\/a>\u200c that\u2063 proves it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>The \u200dSecret Service \u200dsaid last \u200dThursday that no\u200c fingerprints\u2064 or\u200b DNA\u2063 were found\u2062 on the \u2064bag \u200cof cocaine found\u2062 in\u200d a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-did-best-they-could-with-cocaine-probe-despite-no-suspects-john-kirby\/\" title=\"White House's Cocaine Probe: No Suspects, But 'Best Efforts' Made\">personal \u2063effects \u200dlocker leading<\/a> into the \u200blobby \u200bof the\u200c West\u2062 Executive \u200cAvenue entrance of the White House on\u2062 July 2, \u200btriggering\u2062 concerns about the \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-buy-american-clean-energy-conundrum\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s \u2018Buy American\u2019 Clean Energy Conundrum\">security implications<\/a> of\u200c hard\u2062 drugs making\u200d their\u200c way into \u200cone of \u200cthe\u2062 most closely\u200c guarded \u2063areas in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u2063  <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5385450\"\u2063 style=\"width:\u200d 640px\" \u200cclass=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n \u200d\u200d   <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/07\/10\/id5385450-07102023-DSC05739-White-House-1200x800.jpg\"><br \/>\n  \u200b   \u200d<figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption>\u2064<\/a><br \/>\n\u200d    The White House \u200cin Washington on July 10, \u20622023. (Madalina \u2062Vasiliu\/The Epoch Times)<br \/>\n \u2062 \u200d<\/figure>\n<p>\u200c  <\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Nobody\u2019s\u200b Happy About \u200bThis\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>\u2063  \u200c<\/p>\n<p>Not\u2063 only \u200bwas there insufficient \u2064forensic \u2062evidence on the bag,\u2064 but\u2064 blind spots meant that \u2062there\u2062 was\u200c also no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/george-floyd-rioter-admits-he-set-pawnshop-ablaze-but-denies-killing-man-inside\/\" title=\"George Floyd Rioter Admits He Set Pawnshop Ablaze But Denies Killing Man Inside\">surveillance video footage<\/a> that would \u2063have\u200b allowed investigators to track \u200cdown \u2062who\u2064 brought \u200bthe drugs \u2062into the\u2064 West Wing.<\/p>\n<p>\u2062  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout \u200dphysical evidence, \u200cthe\u2062 investigation will not \u200cbe\u2062 able to \u2062single out a\u2063 person\u2063 of \u2062interest \u200dfrom the \u200dhundreds of individuals \u200bwho passed\u200b through \u200cthe \u2062vestibule \u2063where \u2063the cocaine was\u200d discovered,\u201d\u2064 the \u2064Secret \u200cService \u200csaid.<\/p>\n<p>\u200c  \u200d<\/p>\n<p>Secret Service \u2064spokesman Anthony \u200cGuglielmi \u200chad said\u200d in\u2063 comments to NBC of \u200dthe\u200d 500 potential suspects that\u200c had\u200b traveled\u2063 through \u200bthe area \u2064during \u200cthe time in \u200bquestion, \u201cWe\u2064 have no evidence to\u200c approach them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u200c \u200d <\/p>\n<p>Despite the fact that \u200dinvestigators \u2063came\u2062 up empty-handed,\u200b the \u200dSecret \u2062Service\u2063 insisted\u200c that\u200d it \u2062takes\u2064 its mission \u200dto \u2063protect\u2062 the country\u2019s \u200cleaders and key facilities \u200dseriously, while \u2062suggesting that efforts \u200dwould be\u2062 made\u2064 to prevent \u200bsimilar gaps\u2064 in security in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Kirby \u2063echoed that \u2064sentiment\u2063 in \u200bhis interview on Fox, \u2063saying \u200dthat\u2064 the\u200d discovery\u200c of cocaine\u200c in \u2062the White House is \u201cnot the\u200b kind \u2064of thing we \u200cwant\u2063 to see\u200d happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously,\u2064 if there\u2019s \u2062things \u200cwe can do \u200cto \u2063prevent \u200dthat in \u200cthe future,\u200b certainly\u2062 we\u2019ll do that,\u201d he\u2062 continued. \u201cNobody\u2019s happy about\u2062 this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>  \u200d<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018No \u2064Equal Justice\u2019<\/h2>\n<p> \u200b <\/p>\n<p>The\u200b discovery of \u2062cocaine\u2063 at the White House \u200dsparked a torrent of \u2062criticism\u2062 from Republicans,\u2062 who received \u2064a\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-pelosis-husband-makes-huge-stock-move-ahead-of-key-vote-on-chip-subsidies\/\" title=\"Nancy Pelosi\u2019s Husband Makes Huge Stock Move Ahead of Key Vote On Chip Subsidies\">closed briefing<\/a> last\u2062 week on the\u200b results of the\u200c investigation before the \u200bSecret \u200dService made the\u2063 information \u2062public.<\/p>\n<p>\u200c  \u2063<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one knows how long\u2064 it was\u200b there \u2063or\u200b who put it\u200c there, \u2062and they\u2062 can\u2019t \u200bget \u2063to the bottom\u2064 of \u200dit,\u201d Rep.\u2062 Nancy\u200c Mace\u200d (R-S.C.) told\u200c reporters\u2063 on \u2063Capitol Hill on July 13. She noted \u2062that \u200cmore than 500 \u200bpeople\u200c visited the White House on\u2063 the\u200c weekend when\u2064 the cocaine was found, \u2064while suggesting \u200bthat the hypothesis that\u200b one \u200bof \u200cthe\u200d visitors brought the drugs\u200d in isn\u2019t \u200bunreasonable.<\/p>\n<p> \u2063 <\/p>\n<p>At \u2062the \u200bsame time,\u2063 Ms. \u200bMace\u200b expressed\u2063 dismay \u200dat the \u200cfailure \u200cof\u2064 the probe\u200b to determine who \u2062brought the \u200cdrugs \u200dinto \u2064the White House\u2063 and when.<\/p>\n<p>  \u2062<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis, as\u200d a member of Congress, is frustrating. \u2063It\u2019s \u2063the \u200dmost secure \u200dsite, the\u200b most \u2062secure\u200d building \u200bin the world, with the \u200cbest\u2064 law enforcement\u200b officers \u200bin\u200d the world, \u2063and we don\u2019t \u2062have\u200b any \u2063answers,\u201d \u2064she said.<\/p>\n<figure\u200c id=\"attachment_5043868\" \u2064style=\"width: 640px\"\u200c class=\"wp-caption\u200d alignnone\">\n \u2063 \u200c \u2062 <a \u2062href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/02\/08\/rep-nancy-mace-2-1200x800.jpg\"><br \/>\n\u2064 \u200d  \u200b \u2064 \u200b<figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption>\u2064  \u200d  <\/a><br \/>\n \u200c \u2063 \u2063 Rep. Nancy\u2062 Mace (R-S.C.) \u200din \u2062Washington on Jan. 27,\u200b 2023.\u200c (Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<p> \u200d\u2062 <\/p>\n<p>Although \u2063Ms.\u200b Mace \u2062didn\u2019t name\u2064 anyone\u200b in particular, \u2063much\u2064 of \u2063the \u2063speculation around \u2064the\u200c drug find\u200d has\u2063 focused on President Joe \u200dBiden\u2019s son Hunter \u2062Biden, who in \u2062his memoir \u200ddiscussed \u200dhis \u2064past \u2063addiction\u2062 to crack \u200ccocaine. Hunter Biden was in Camp David \u2062the\u200c weekend the cocaine was \u200bfound and\u200c not at \u2064the \u2062White \u200cHouse.<\/p>\n<p>\n \u200b   <\/p>\n<div \u2063class=\"morearticles\">\n\u200c \u2062  \u200d \u2062 \u200d <strong>Read \u2062More<\/strong><br \/>\n   \u2063\u2064  \u200c\u200d <\/p>\n<div \u2064class=\"post_list\">\n\u200d \u2062     \u200b\u2063 \u2063 <\/p>\n<div \u2062class=\"article\">\n   \u200b  \u200c \u200d \u200c \u200c  \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/cocaine-is-no-way-hunter-bidens-claims-mcenany-as-white-house-invokes-hatch-act_5380405.html\">Cocaine\u2064 Is \u2018No\u200b Way\u2019\u2064 Hunter Biden\u2019s, Claims \u2063McEnany as White\u200b House Invokes Hatch Act<\/a><br \/>\n    \u200c\u200d \u200b  \u2063 \u2063<\/div>\n<p>  \u2062 \u2064 \u2063  \u200d<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  \u2063 \u2062 <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Asked\u200b whether \u200dshe\u2064 thinks \u200bthe matter\u2063 might get taken\u200c up by the House Oversight Committee, Ms.\u200b Mace\u200c said \u2062it\u2019s \u2063unlikely because lawmakers\u2062 have\u2062 their hands full \u200cwith \u2063other \u200binvestigations.<\/p>\n<p>Some Republicans alleged\u2063 there\u200d was a different \u2062standard for investigations pertaining\u2064 to issues that \u200ccould\u2063 prove embarrassing to Biden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u200d is \u2062no equal \u200cjustice,\u201d \u2064House Speaker \u2063Kevin\u200c McCarthy (R-Calif.) told \u2064reporters\u200b on July 13. \u201cAnything\u2064 revolving \u2063around \u2018Biden,\u200d Inc.\u2019 \u2063gets\u200d treated\u2064 different \u200cthan\u200d any other American and\u2064 that\u2019s got to stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u2063 \u2064<\/p>\n<p>House \u200cRepublicans\u2063 have launched \u2063a \u2064number of \u200dinvestigations\u200d into\u2064 the\u200d Biden\u2062 administration, \u200dincluding\u200d one \u2064into \u2064how\u200b government \u2062agencies\u2064 colluded with big \u2064tech \u2062companies\u200d to\u200b censor\u2063 Americans\u2019\u2062 constitutionally\u200c protected \u200dfree speech.<\/p>\n<p>  \u2064<\/p>\n<p>Former President \u200dDonald\u200c Trump, meanwhile, \u2064suggested a coverup.<\/p>\n<p>\u2062 \u2063 <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite \u2062all of \u2063the\u200d cameras \u200bpointing directly at the \u2018scene\u200b of\u200d the\u200d crime,\u2019\u200c and the greatest\u200c forensics\u200c anywhere in the World, they just can\u2019t\u2062 figure\u200d it out? They \u2063know the answer, \u2063and so does everyone\u2062 else!\u201d Mr. \u2064Trump wrote \u2063in\u2064 a\u2064 post on\u200b Truth \u200cSocial.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b  <\/p>\n<p>A Secret Service s<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House advisor John Kirby defended the handling of the cocaine investigation in the West Wing, despite no identified suspects. 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