Secret Service Cocaine Investigation Over

The Secret Service has ended its investigation into who’s responsible for bringing cocaine into the White House.

The investigation ended with no video or forensic evidence to identify any suspects.

Secret Service officials told NBC News they couldn’t find any fingerprints or DNA to produce any leads.

So, we can conclude one of two things.

Someone was able to bring illicit drugs into one of the most secure buildings in the country.

On the other hand, it could have been someone in the Biden family.

Many people speculated the cocaine likely belonged to Hunter Biden.

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Even President Trump expressed his doubts the cocaine belonged to anyone other than Joe or Hunter Biden.

“Does anybody really believe that the COCAINE found in the West Wing of the White House, very close to the Oval Office, is for the use of anyone other than Hunter & Joe Biden,” Trump said.

“But watch, the Fake News Media will soon start saying that the amount found was “very small,” & it wasn’t really COCAINE, but rather common ground up Aspirin, & the story will vanish. Has Deranged Jack Smith, the crazy, Trump hating Special Prosecutor, been seen in the area of the COCAINE? He looks like a crackhead to me!” he added.

In another post, Trump suggested the White House already knows where the cocaine came from and they don’t like it.

“Where are the White House SECURITY TAPES, like the ones I openly and happily gave to Deranged Jack Smith, which will quickly show where the Cocaine in the White House came from??? They already know the answer, but probably don’t like it!” Trump said.

NBC News reported the latest developments:

The small plastic baggie with a powdered substance — which was found in a storage cubby at the White House on a Sunday evening earlier this month — was subjected to advanced testing and examined at two federal labs but no usable fingerprints or DNA were detected, the officials said.

The Secret Service received results Wednesday from tests conducted by the FBI, “which did not develop latent fingerprints and insufficient DNA was present for investigative comparisons,” the Secret Service said in a statement Thursday. Security camera video was also reviewed, but "[t]here was no surveillance video footage that produced investigative leads," the agency said.

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Without that kind of physical evidence, the investigation has run out of road.

"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," Secret Service officials conceded.

One source familiar with the investigation told NBC News that “the leading theory is that the substance belonged to one of hundreds of visitors who traveled through the building over the weekend.”

"The Secret Service has narrowed down 500 people as the potential source of cocaine in the White House. But they are ending the investigation tomorrow without administering drug tests to these individuals. A total failure. The American people deserve to know who smuggled illegal narcotics into the White House!" said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.

The Secret Service has narrowed down 500 people as the potential source of cocaine in the White House.

But they are ending the investigation tomorrow without administering drug tests to these individuals. A total failure.

The American people deserve to know who smuggled illegal… pic.twitter.com/I9tP4LkLyH

— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) July 13, 2023

Politico provided comments from other congressional members:

The Secret Service is closing its investigation into cocaine found in the White House without naming a suspect, officials told lawmakers on Thursday.

The Secret Service briefed Oversight Committee members and staff about their investigation into the found cocaine, which was found in an area for storing electronics that can be accessed by both White House visitors and staff. President Biden was not at the White House at the time the cocaine was found.

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“They are bringing it to a close,” Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), a member of the Oversight Committee, told reporters after the briefing.

The Secret Service confirmed in a statement that it was closing the investigation, saying “At this time, the Secret Service’s investigation is closed due to a lack of physical evidence.”

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), another member of the Oversight Committee, added that lawmakers were told investigators would not be able to find the individual responsible “and therefore it is concluded.”

“We did have a discussion about operational security for the West Wing,” Mace added about potential next steps.

Here's the full statement from the Secret Service:

On the evening of July 2, officers from the U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division found an unknown substance inside a vestibule leading to the lobby area of the West Executive Avenue entrance to the White House.

The substance was located inside a receptacle used to temporarily store electronic and personal devices prior to entering the West Wing.

Following the discovery, safety closures were implemented around the White House. This response was designed to ensure that the found substance was not a chemical or radiological material that threatened the security of the White House. As such, the substance was field tested and preliminarily determined to not be a hazardous compound.

Testing conducted by the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department indicated that the found powder tested preliminarily positive for the presence of cocaine. The substance and packaging were treated as evidence and sent to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center, which analyzed the item for any biothreats. Tests conducted at this facility came back negative and gave formal confirmation that the substance was not biological in nature.

The substance and packaging underwent further forensic testing. The substance was analyzed for its chemical composition. The packaging was subjected to advanced fingerprint and DNA analysis. Both of these analyses were conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's crime laboratory given their expertise in this area and independence from the investigation.

While awaiting the FBl's results, the Secret Service investigation into how this item entered the White House continued. The investigation included a methodical review of security systems and protocols. This review included a backwards examination that spanned several days prior to the discovery of the substance and developed an index of several hundred individuals who may have accessed the area where the substance was found. The focal point of these actions developed a pool of known persons for comparison of forensic evidence gleaned from the FBI’s analysis of the substance's packaging.

On July 12, the Secret Service received the FBI’s laboratory results, which did not develop latent fingerprints and insufficient DNA was present for investigative comparisons. Therefore, the Secret Service is not able to compare evidence against the known pool of individuals. The FBl's evaluation of the substance also confirmed that it was cocaine.

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There 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. Without 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's investigation is closed due to a lack of physical evidence.

The U.S. Secret Service takes its mission to protect U.S. leaders, facilities, and events seriously and we are constantly adapting to meet the needs of the current and future security environment.