Secret Service CLOSES White House cocaine investigation: Biden administration is accused of COVER-UP over failure to catch suspect who left drugs in West Wing locker – despite security cameras recording 24/7
- USSS told Congress they narrowed down the list of possible suspects who brought cocaine into the White House to 500 people
- The agency has decided to close the investigation without finding the culprit
- Agents ‘just decided it’s just some weekend visitor… That is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen in my life,’ said Republican Rep. Tim Burchett
Furious Republicans said the Secret Service is closing the White House cocaine investigation without finding any suspects – and narrowing the culprit list down to 500 people.
GOP Rep. Tim Burchett said agents ‘just decided it’s just some weekend visitor’ and chalked up the entire investigation as ‘another coverup’ by the Biden White House.
‘It’s bogus’ the Tennessee congressman added. ‘That is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen in my life.’
His comments came after the Secret Service briefed members of Congress, 11 days after the cocaine discovery forced evacuation and a hazmat situation at the White House.
Since July 2 the Secret Service had been poring over surveillance footage from cameras stationed all over the White House, but still hasn’t managed to find a culprit.
Meanwhile, President Joe Biden has avoided the latest White House scandal by escaping to Europe for meetings with foreign leaders.
There were no fingerprints or other DNA found on the container holding the cocaine, according to the Secret Service. And there was less than a gram of the illicit drug in the ‘dime-sized’ zipper-lock baggie.
Furious Republicans said the Secret Service is closing the White House cocaine investigation without any suspects – and a narrowed-down list of 500 people who could be responsible
GOP Rep. Tim Burchett said agents ‘just decided it’s just some weekend visitor… That is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen in my life’
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said that the Secret Service officials informed lawmakers during Thursday’s briefing that they narrowed down the list of suspected culprits to about 500 people.
‘Have they drug tested this list of 500 potential suspects that brought an illegal substance – the drug cocaine – into the White House,’ Greene told reporters after the briefing. ‘Their answer was no, and that they’re unwilling to do so.’
Without any direct answers from the USSS or the Biden administration on the cocaine discovery with nearly two weeks to investigate the matter, members of Congress demanded briefings.
Trump-era CBP Director and longtime FBI agent Mark Morgan told DailyMail.com last week that the case is ‘straightforward’ and could be solved in the matter of 30 minutes.
Morgan and Rep. Burchett separately noted that there are cameras everywhere with facial recognition technology that could provide answers to who brought the cocaine into the White House.
It’s unlikely Republican members of Congress will be happy with USSS closing the investigation without finding out who is responsible for bringing the illicit drug into the West Wing.
‘Just left the most ridiculous meeting of all time with the Secret Service on the cocaine that was found in the White House,’ Rep. Burchett said in a self-video walking through Congress after Thursday’s briefing.
‘It turns out – they don’t know who did it,’ he said. ‘The investigation is going to be over at the end of the week, and they’re not going to find out who did it. And that’s basically it.’
‘Another coverup,’ the lawmaker added. ‘You know, it’s the most secure building in the entire world… Nobody, not even the press, goes in there without them knowing.’
He called the outcome a ‘bad look on the Secret Service and a horrible look on this White House.’
The White House continues to dodge questions related to the incident and investigation – and the location of the discovery has changed three times in the course of one week
President Joe Biden has been able to avoid facing the latest White House scandal as he escaped Washington, D.C. for meetings across Europe this week
The substance was found Sunday, July 2, leading to a hazmat evacuation of the White House while President Joe Biden and his family were in Camp David for the long holiday weekend.
Now, 11 days after the discovery, Congress is no closer to knowing how the drug made it into one of the most secure places in the U.S. – and USSS doesn’t plan to provide any definitive answers.
House Oversight and Reform Committee Chair James Comer wrote to Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle last week requesting a briefing by July 14, which occurred Thursday morning.
Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas also called for a briefing and pressed Cheatle for information in a public letter. The senator’s office, when reached by DailyMail.com, said that they have not yet received a response from Cheatle.