The FBI has initiated a new probe into the perplexing incident involving the unexplained appearance of cocaine in President Joe Biden’s White House, leading to the evacuation of the entire premises.
The puzzling discovery of a small bag of cocaine near a West Wing entrance on July 2, 2023, by the Secret Service remains unresolved with no suspect identified thus far.
Dan Bongino, the FBI’s deputy director, announced several probes that he decided showed signs of “potential public corruption,” on Monday.
“We made the decision to either re-open, or push additional resources and investigative attention to these cases,” he wrote on X.
The investigation now encompasses multiple high-profile cases, including the DC pipe bombing, a similar cocaine discovery at the previous administration’s White House, and the leakage 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.
However, he said that he’s now fully sober.
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.
