THE FBI has launched a fresh investigation into the mysterious discovery of cocaine in President Joe Biden’s White House that saw the entire building evacuated.
The Secret Service stumbled upon the dime-sized bag inside a cubby near an entrance to the West Wing on July 2, 2023, but a suspect still hasn’t been found.
On Monday, Dan Bongino, the FBI’s deputy director, announced several probes that he says showed signs of “potential public corruption.”
“We made the decision to either re-open, or push additional resources and investigative attention to these cases,” he wrote on X.
“These cases are the DC pipe bombing investigation, the cocaine discovery at the prior administration’s White House, and the leak of the Supreme Court Dobbs case.”
Bongino explained that he would receive weekly briefings regarding the FBI’s progress in investigating these cases and asked people close to the matter to send tips.
Mystery still hangs in the air after the cocaine was found near the entrance that’s commonly used for tours.
Just 10 days after the discovery, the Secret Service closed its investigation and blamed a lack of evidence in the surveillance footage they reviewed.
“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,” the agency said at the time.
Many lawmakers felt the case could be cracked wide open if investigators found who had access to the cubby and called for a fresh look.
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump suggested that someone in the Biden family was responsible for the drugs.
He questioned the lack of fingerprints on the lockers and guessed that there were normally “hundreds and even thousands” of prints.
“And when they went to look at it, it was absolutely stone cold, wiped dry,” Trump told The Spectator in February.
After stepping back into the White House, Trump said he was convinced that “either Joe or Hunter” was behind the massive flub.
Hunter was addicted to crack for years, and many of his drug-fueled antics were caught on videos leaked from his laptop.
The former first son said that he is now completely sober.
What unsolved White House mysteries is the FBI investigating?
- White House cocaine discovery – On July 2, 2023, a dime-sized bag of cocaine was found in a locker near a White House entrance. The Secret Service closed its investigation 10 days later and said there wasn’t enough physical evidence to hone in on a suspect.
- Supreme Court Roe decision leak – On May 3, 2022, Politico published a report that revealed justices’ decision to overturn Roe v Wade. Investigators are looking into how the draft of the decision was obtained by the outlet.
- White House pipe bombing – A suspect placed pipe bombs near the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee headquarters the night before the US Capitol riots. Footage of the suspect has been released, but investigators still haven’t tracked down an identity.
PROBES LAUNCHED
Bongino has also questioned the May 3, 2022, report published by Politico that revealed the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade.
Before justices could announce their majority opinion to put abortion rights into the hands of state legislators, a draft of the decision was obtained by the outlet.
Trump called the leak “terrible” and feared the breach into the Supreme Court was unprecedented.
“It’s pretty unique I guess. Maybe it’s happened before, but people don’t remember anything like it,” he told a radio show in Ohio.
“And I think it was demeaning and not good.”
The FBI is now also setting its sights on the suspect who placed pipe bombs near the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee headquarters the night before the US Capitol riots.
Officials have released surveillance footage of the disturbing act and are offering a $500,000 reward for information, but no one has been captured.
Source : https://www.the-sun.com/news/14325908/white-house-cocaine-investigation-fbi-dobbs-bombing/
