{"id":4220,"date":"2023-07-14T03:53:43","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T03:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=4220"},"modified":"2023-07-14T03:59:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T03:59:17","slug":"republicans-raise-questions-after-white-house-cocaine-probe-leads-to-no-arrests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=4220","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Raise Questions After White House Cocaine Probe Leads to No Arrests"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Republicans raised questions about the security of the White House on Thursday after a U.S. Secret Service probe failed to find out how cocaine ended up in the White House.<\/p>\n

House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said he expected better from the Secret Service.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe White House is supposed to be the most secure residence in the world, but today Secret Service officials failed to answer basic questions or provide any meaningful information related to security failures and cocaine being found at the White House,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Comer said the Secret Service must \u201creassess their security operations to prevent illegal substances from entering the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n

The U.S. Secret Service said Thursday it closed its investigation into cocaine found at the White House because of a \u201clack of physical evidence\u201d 11 days after the illegal drug was found in one of the nation\u2019s most secure buildings.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was no surveillance video footage found that provided investigative leads or any other means for investigators to identify who may have deposited the found substance in this area,\u201d the U.S. Secret Service said in a statement. \u201cWithout physical evidence, the investigation will not be able to single out a person of interest from the hundreds of individuals who passed through the vestibule where the cocaine was discovered. At this time, the Secret Service\u2019s investigation is closed due to a lack of physical evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Officers from the U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division discovered what later turned out to be cocaine July 2 inside a vestibule leading to the lobby area of the West Executive Avenue entrance to the White House. The stash was located inside a receptacle used to store electronic and personal devices before entering the West Wing. After finding what was then an unknown white powder, the Secret Service temporarily closed down the White House as a precaution.<\/p>\n

Last week, the White House declined to provide additional information about the matter, but said the cocaine was found in a \u201cheavily traveled area.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have confidence that the Secret Service will get to the bottom of this,\u201d White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters at the time.<\/p>\n

U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, said the White House is supposed to be the \u201cmost secure location on the planet.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou better damn well believe that if [the Biden administration] wanted to go figure out where that cocaine came from, the Secret Service of the United States in the White House could figure it out,\u201d Roy said during an interview with Fox News<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Brett Rowland
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