High Time at the White House? Cocaine Found in West Wing
A uniformed Secret Service officer making his normal rounds inside the White House Sunday came upon a white powder in the West Wing. The discovery triggered an emergency hazardous material call. The Executive Mansion was evacuated. A preliminary field test indicated the substance was cocaine, the Washington Post is reporting. “We have a yellow bar saying cocaine hydrochloride,” a D.C. firefighter radioed in at 8:49 p.m. Sunday.
BREAKING: Cocaine Hydrochloride spotted near West Executive Wing pic.twitter.com/cJLr2rnEDU
— The Triune Times (@TriuneTimes) July 3, 2023
The New York Post reports the cocaine was found in the White House library. However, several Secret Service sources are telling James Rosen of Newsmax that the drugs were found in a baggie in a “work area” of the West Wing.
BREAKING: Multiple officials at @USSecretService tell @NEWSMAX that contrary to more recent published reports, the cocaine was found “in a work area in the West Wing,” not in the @WhiteHouse library—and that the cocaine was “in a baggie” when discovered, not loose or concealed.
— James Rosen (@JamesRosenTV) July 4, 2023
U.S. Secret Service spokesman Anthony Gulielmi told the Post additional testing is underway to confirm if the substance is cocaine. He also said that Joe Biden was not at the White House when coke was discovered.
In case your mind immediately went there, yes, Hunter Biden had been at the White House two days prior, according to the Daily Mail. But to be clear, at this point, authorities have no idea who the cocaine belonged to or how the cocaine got into the White House. (Or if they do know they aren’t saying.) But that hasn’t stopped the memes and jokes.
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A cocaine hydrochloride nasal solution can be used to numb the mucous membrane inside the nose before surgery. And the substance can be used to control bleeding. However, a powder found in the West Wing? Unless the Oval Office is now doubling as an operating room, we’re talking recreational use. Either way, the White House can’t sweep the cocaine under the rug.
Thus far, no comment from the White House. MSNBC, CNN, ABC News, NBC News and CBS News spent the morning avoiding the story before starting to post stories…way down the page.
