Conservatives are screaming cover-up after the Secret Service announced they had no suspect in the investigation regarding cocaine found in the White House and decided to close the investigation. Republicans aren’t buying it.
The Secret Service briefed members of Congress on their ongoing investigation into the cocaine found, saying it was located “inside a receptacle used to temporarily store electronic and personal devices prior to entering the West Wing.” Of course the story of this location has been changed numerous times after being found.
The Secret Service said they investigated “how this item entered the White House,” and decided to conduct 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 agency said. After much investigation they developed “a pool of known persons for comparison of forensic evidence gleaned from the FBI’s analysis of the substance’s packaging.”
The FBI conducted a full review on the evidence and “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. 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 reported. “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,” it was concluded.
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) told the press bluntly what the Republicans thought of this investigation and outcome.
“They have facial identification, they have — y’all know you can’t go in there without giving your Social Security number, and they decided it’s just some weekend visitor,” Burchett said. “That’s bogus. Nobody’s buying that at all.”
“Just left the most ridiculous meeting of all time with the Secret Service on the cocaine that was found in the White House,” he said in a video later. “It turns out – they don’t know who did it. The investigation is going to be over at the end of the week, and they’re not going to find out who did it. And that’s basically it.”
“Another cover-up. You know, it’s the most secure building in the entire world… Nobody, not even the press, goes in there without them knowing.” Burchett concluded it is a “bad look on the Secret Service and a horrible look on this White House.”