Who are we kidding? To absolutely no one’s surprise, the Secret Service announced today that the investigation into who left a bag of cocaine in the White House is being closed, with no suspects identified.
Even after all the high-tech DNA and forensic analysis by the FBI’s leading crime lab, even after the video surveillance review, they found absolutely no suspects, as ABC News reports
The Secret Service on Thursday said its investigation into how cocaine ended up at the White House is now closed without identifying a suspect.
The agency statement came after congressional Republicans said they were told in a classified Secret Service briefing that the investigation into the cocaine found in the White House West Wing earlier this month was concluding without a determination of who was responsible.
“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,” the agency said in a lengthy statement. “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 Secret Service said the packaging was “subjected to advanced fingerprint and DNA analysis,” by the FBI crime lab.
So, that’s it then, this story is pretty open and shut. Someone either wearing gloves and/or lacking DNA and fingerprints left the bag of cocaine and no one is really concerned about anything, please move along.
If this was a bag of anthrax would there be more concern? I suppose merely for the nature of the substance, but this White House has been extremely cool considering the optics of someone within the administration or the Biden family casually leaving a bag of a highly-illegal drug near the Situation Room.
The Secret Service said it could be one of over 500 individuals identified who had access to the area over a series of days.
Is it a wonder that the bag itself contains no fingerprints or DNA? If it’s a typical plastic bag, fingerprints usually smudge in quite well and will remain on the surface for quite some time. Was the bag cleaned when it was found to scrub any possible links to a Biden administration official or family member?
Just like everything else swirling around the Biden’s, a conclusion that protects the first family and also deflects criticism away from the administration fits in with how all investigations around the Bidens usually end. Buried down the memory hole.
Some members of the House Oversight Committee remain skeptical, to put it lightly:
Following the closed-door briefing to members and staff of the House Oversight Committee, Republicans said they viewed the development as a “failure” of the agency and said the briefers said the investigation was concluding.
“And to say that they don’t know who it is, to me, somebody should lose their job over this. This thing’s a trash can. Everybody wants to pick and choose they need to shut the whole thing down put the garden hose to it and clean it out,” Rep. Tim Burchett said, adding that the Secret Service told members in the briefing the bag contained less than a gram of cocaine.
The nation’s premier law enforcement agencies combined, the FBI and Secret Service, have zero suspects in this case. Meanwhile, they have time to harass parents and arrest pro-life activists praying near abortion clinics.
Just exactly who is watching the White House and keeping the executive branch secure these days?
