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Newly released photos show mysterious cocaine

discovered in White House
The discovery launched an investigation by the Secret Service that was later closed without identifying a suspect
By Brandon Gillespie Fox News

Published November 13, 2023 5:45pm EST

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Photos showing the mysterious cocaine discovered inside the White House over the
summer have been released after being obtained via a Freedom of Information Act
request from the Secret Service by the Daily Mail.

The baggie of cocaine was initially discovered on July 2 in a storage locker near the
entrance to the White House's West Wing by a member of the Secret Service, which
sparked an evacuation of the building and emergency response.

A test was then conducted on the substance, which came back positive for cocaine , the
Secret Service told Fox News on July 5.

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A photo of the baggie of cocaine discovered in the White House on July 2. (The Daily Mail)

The discovery prompted the Secret Service to launch an investigation, which was later
closed after the agency said it was "not able" to identify a suspect.

President Biden was at Camp David at the time of the discovery of the substance. The
president's son, Hunter, who is a recovered crack cocaine addict, was also at Camp David
at the time of discovery.

According to the Secret Service, the area of the West Wing in which the cocaine was found
is used by both guests and staff.

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A photo of the baggie of cocaine discovered in the White House on July 2. (The Daily Mail)

The Secret Service announced July 12 that it had closed its investigation into the cocaine
and said it was "not able" to "single out a person of interest" because of a lack of physical
evidence.

The agency said it had received the FBI's lab results from the cocaine baggie, but the
effort "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," it said, adding that the FBl's evaluation of the substance "also confirmed that
it was cocaine."

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A photo of the area where a baggie of cocaine was discovered in the White House on July 2. (The Daily Mail)

The investigation's closure brought condemnation from Republican lawmakers who ,

referred to it as special treatment for the Biden family.

"They have cameras 24-7. It just seems to me when it comes to the ‘Biden, Inc.’ family, they
get treated different than anybody else," then-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told Fox.

Fox News' Brooke Singman and Charles Creitz contributed to this report.

Brandon Gillespie is an associate editor at Fox News. Follow him on Twitter at @brandon_cg.

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