{"id":1977138,"date":"2023-07-19T09:52:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T13:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-has-startling-claim-about-what-secret-service-did-with-white-house-cocaine-bag\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T09:53:40","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T13:53:40","slug":"gop-rep-has-startling-claim-about-what-secret-service-did-with-white-house-cocaine-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-has-startling-claim-about-what-secret-service-did-with-white-house-cocaine-bag\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Rep Makes Shocking Allegation About Secret Service&#8217;s Handling of White House Cocaine Bag"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fgop-rep-has-startling-claim-about-what-secret-service-did-with-white-house-cocaine-bag%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=1977138&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>Republican\u2064 Rep. \u2062Tim \u2064Burchett Slams Secret Service Over White \u200bHouse Cocaine Investigation<\/h2>\n<p>Republican \u200bRep. Tim\u200b Burchett\u200c of Tennessee \u2063has criticized\u2064 the \u200bSecret Service \u200bfor \u2063hastily closing \u200dits\u2064 investigation\u200c into the origins of\u200c the \u2063cocaine \u2064found in\u2062 the \u200cWhite House\u200d over the Fourth\u2064 of\u2064 July\u2063 weekend. Burchett \u2063suggested that the service \u200bhad &#8220;destroyed the\u200d bag,&#8221; raising\u200d questions about \u200btheir \u200dhandling of\u2062 the case.<\/p>\n<p>In\u200d an \u200cinterview \u2062on Newsmax&#8217;s &#8220;The \u200bChris Salcedo Show,&#8221; \u200bBurchett\u200d expressed his \u2063concerns\u2064 about the Secret\u2062 Service&#8217;s\u200d actions. He pointed out that they initially claimed\u200c they didn&#8217;t find enough DNA,\u200b but \u2062later changed \u2063their \u2062statement\u2064 to say they found no DNA\u2064 at\u2062 all.\u200d Burchett questioned\u200c why they \u200cwould \u200bdestroy the bag\u200c and \u200bpotentially destroy\u2063 any chance\u2063 of\u200b obtaining DNA evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Burchett, \u2063who served as \u200cthe \u2062mayor\u200d of Knox County, Tennessee, from 2010 to 2018, drew\u2063 a comparison \u200bto how \u2063a similar \u200dsituation\u2062 would have been \u2063handled during \u200dhis tenure. \u2064He explained\u2063 that \u2064law\u200c enforcement would have been called, hazmat \u2063suits would have been\u2064 worn, \u2063and\u2062 the drugs would \u200chave been\u2063 sealed in \u200can evidence \u2064bag and sent to \u200da lab \u200bfor DNA analysis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s exactly \u2062what\u200d [the\u2063 Secret Service]\u2063 should have done \u200dhere. They \u2062should have \u2064taken it \u2062to Quantico and analyzed \u2063it.\u2063 But instead, they destroyed the\u200d bag,&#8221; Burchett \u2063emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 congressman, a member of the House\u2063 Oversight\u200d Committee, \u200bdid\u2062 not\u2062 provide\u200b an \u2064explanation for his\u200b claim\u2062 that\u200c the bag\u2063 had been \u200ddestroyed.<\/p>\n<h3>Secret Service\u200b Investigation and Security\u2064 Lapses<\/h3>\n<p>The \u200cSecret \u200cService\u2064 closed\u2062 its\u200b investigation\u200b into\u2062 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-press-secretary-kayleigh-mcenany-says-white-house-cocaine-cant-be-hunter-bidens\/\" title=\"Ex-press secretary McEnany denies Hunter Biden's link to White House cocaine.\">cocaine bag<\/a> on\u200b July 13.\u200d The \u2062bag \u2062was discovered\u200c near \u200dthe\u2064 Situation Room in\u2063 the West Wing \u2062of the\u200d White \u2064House while\u200b President Joe Biden and his family \u2062were\u2062 away\u2063 at \u2064Camp\u2064 David for \u2064the \u2063holiday weekend.<\/p>\n<p>In a baffling\u2063 report, the Secret\u2064 Service stated that \u200bthey could not\u200c find any\u200d usable \u2063fingerprints \u2064or DNA on the bag. They\u200c also \u2064revealed \u200bthat \u200dthe security video\u200b footage \u200cdid not\u200d identify who\u2064 left\u2062 the bag in\u200d the\u200d White \u2062House.<\/p>\n<p>These \u2064security &#8220;lapses&#8221; raise\u2063 concerns about the\u2063 vulnerability of\u2064 the\u200c White\u2063 House \u2064and its \u2062potential as a\u200c soft target\u200c for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-has-startling-claim-about-what-secret-service-did-with-white-house-cocaine-bag\/\" title=\"GOP Rep Makes Shocking Allegation About Secret Service's Handling of White House Cocaine Bag\">easy \u2062presidential \u200dassassination<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Burchett&#8217;s Criticism of\u200d Republicans \u200band Government Accountability<\/h3>\n<p>Burchett also\u2063 criticized some Republicans who he \u200dbelieves are aiding \u2064Democrats in covering\u2063 up\u200c the Biden administration&#8217;s incompetence \u200dand \u2063corruption.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have some \u2064[GOP]\u2062 members that \u200bdon&#8217;t have\u200b any\u200c guts, \u2064frankly,\u2063 and it ticks me \u200doff,&#8221; Burchett\u2063 expressed. He\u200d called\u2063 for accountability and\u2064 suggested\u2064 cutting funding\u2062 to\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dominion-used-a-version-of-the-solorwinds-orion-platform-which-provides-backdoor-access-into-their-voting-machines\/\" title=\"Dominion Used a Version of the SolorWinds Orion Platform Which Provides Backdoor Access Into their Voting Machines\">government agencies<\/a>\u200d like the\u2062 IRS,\u200b the\u2063 Pentagon, and the Department of Justice when \u200dthey engage in\u2062 wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>For more \u2063information,\u200c you can\u200d read\u200b the\u200d full \u200carticle \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-rep-startling-claim-secret-service-white-house-cocaine-bag\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Rep. Tim Burchett criticized the Secret Service for hastily concluding its probe into the White House cocaine discovery during the Fourth of July weekend. 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