(Mark Pellin, Headline USA) For the second time in as many days, the Biden White House tried to spin its way out of a growing scandal fueled by a stash of cocaine found in the West Wing, and succeeded only in creating more confusion and concern.
After a White House spokesperson on Thursday bizarrely deflected questions about the incident for fear of violating the Hatch Act, the Biden comms team attempted to backtrack on earlier claims about where the cocaine had been found.
After fabling about the dime-sized bag being discovered in an easily-accessible and heavily-trafficked location, White House officials admitted Thursday that the area was “much more secure” than previously claimed, according to NBC’s Andrea Mitchell.
The illicit stash, she said, was found “in a much more secure place, limited-access place, than that West Wing reception area.” The location was “down near the Situation Room” and “average people just can’t get in there,” Mitchell reported.
Speculation and theories have swirled that the cocaine was linked to Hunter Biden, the president’s embattled, crack-addict son who has a long and sordid history of drug abuse, as well as easy access to the White House and a shady log of visits.
Hahaha. @Timcast: Until they reveal whose cocaine it was in the White House, I’m going to assume it belongs to the president’s crackhead son, Hunter Biden. pic.twitter.com/93YyVRMwj1
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) July 6, 2023
While a Secret Service spokesperson told the New York Post that “We are doing everything possible to attempt to identify who may have brought this item into the White House,” multiple law enforcement officials on Thursday said it was increasingly unlikely that an offender would be found.
“They are preparing us for a result that will be no conclusive evidence found,” MSNBC reported.
“Expectations are being lowered about an eventual conclusion here that would lead to an identity and then even the potential for prosecution at a misdemeanor level for the amount of drug we’re talking about,” the outlet reported, adding to growing concerns from some lawmakers that the Biden White House is actively trying to sidetrack the investigation.
“I do know this, and I think the American people can see it, the Washington managerial elite, the Establishment if you will, is working harder than an ugly stripper to cover up whatever happened,” Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., told Fox News. “And that’s all Congress is asking for, is the facts.”
A former FBI agent said that the investigation should have already produced results, reportedly claiming the mystery should take “about 30 minutes to solve” given the purported high-level of security at the White House, according to Trending Politics’ Collin Rugg.
“There’s a manifest. There are cameras. I could go on. This literally should take them about 30 minutes to figure out whose cocaine it was,” said Mark Morgan, a former FBI agent and Trump-era acting commissioner of the Customs and Border Protection Agency.
“Whether it was a series of staffers, who apparently might be deeply involved, or one staffer or Hunter Biden himself, it doesn’t really matter,” Morgan reportedly said. “The reality is that you have a president and a White House that have a disregard for the law, they really don’t care.”
The same sense of skepticism was shared by Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, who cracked that the White House cocaine “crime should be even easier to solve than the case of the leaked Dobbs opinion.”
Drawing on his own experience of coming “in and out of that entrance a million times,” Lee said, “It’s one of the most heavily secured and constantly surveilled places on earth. They keep detailed records on who enters and exits and when. I find it difficult to accept that they can’t figure out who put the cocaine there.”
Never forget that the Secret Service reportedly tried to help cover for Hunter Biden when his gun was dumped in a trash can.
Are they covering up for him again with this Cocaine scandal? pic.twitter.com/lXmLuyUddK
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) July 6, 2023
