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Investigation by the Secret Service to find fingerprints or DNA on the small bag of cocaine found in a White House lobby last week It did not throw any clue that would allow the person responsible to be identified.
Neither the sophisticated analysis of the FBI crime laboratory nor the surveillance images of the area managed to identify the person who forgot a dose of cocaine in the presidential building a few days ago. inside a bag the size of 10 cents.
“This review included a retrospective examination spanning several days prior to the discovery of the substance and developed an index of several hundred people. that they may have accessed the area where the substance was found,” the Secret Service said.
A Secret Service agent discovered the white powder during a routine raid of a West Wing lobby at the White House on July 2.
“Without physical evidence, the investigation will not be able to identify a person of interest among the hundreds of people who passed through the lobby where the cocaine was discovered.”Secret Service officials said in the summary.
Leaving a closed-door briefing at the Capitol Hill’s Sensitive Shared Information Service (SCIF) facility, lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee said the investigation will officially end Friday.
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About, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green mentioned that the Secret Service was able to narrow down a list of about 500 potential suspects.but did not delve into the subject because it is classified information.
The Secret Service’s response to the House Oversight and Accountability Committee followed a request sent by James Comer in a letter to Kimberly Cheatle, director of the Secret Service.
“No surveillance video footage was found to provide investigative leads or any other means for investigators to identify who may have deposited the substance found. Without physical evidence, the investigation will not be able to pinpoint a person of interest out of the hundreds of people who passed through the lobby where the cocaine was discovered.”
For her part, the representative Lauren Boebert reported that the Secret Service told lawmakers that .007 grams of cocaine was found.
The truth is that since the discovery of the drug, it became an uncomfortable topic for President Joe Biden, first because speculation immediately began that his son Hunter, who had visited the White House days before, belonged to him.
Later, when the point where the cocaine was found was changed and it was said that it was near where the cars of officials close to the president were parked, the matter gained greater notoriety, since it was said that the alkaloid could belong to a high-ranking figure.
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