Lab test confirms white substance found at the White House is cocaine
By: NBC News
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July 5, 2023, 3:51 PM UTCBy Kelly O'Donnell and Megan Lebowitz
WASHINGTON — A formal lab test of the white substance found at the White House on Sunday has come back positive for cocaine, according to an official with knowledge of the investigation.
The substance was found Sunday evening in a small, zippered bag in a highly trafficked part of the West Wing and prompted a brief evacuation, according to a U.S. Secret Service official.
It is unclear how long the bag was in the White House. The blurry timeline and number of people who walk through the area where the cocaine was found could make it difficult to determine who was responsible for the substance, a source familiar with the investigation told NBC News Tuesday.
The Secret Service is running the investigation, which will include consulting cameras and entrance logs, according to a source familiar with the inquiry.
The cocaine was found by officers during "routine patrols" of the White House, a Secret Service official said.
The substance had tested positive for cocaine on a preliminary field test, a source familiar with the investigation said Tuesday, and the formal lab test confirmed that result.
President Joe Biden was at Camp David, not the White House, when the cocaine was discovered.
Kelly O'Donnell
Kelly O'Donnell is Senior White House correspondent for NBC News.
Megan Lebowitz
Megan Lebowitz is based in the Washington bureau. She has written about breaking politics news and U.S.-China relations.
Peter Alexander, Monica Alba, Sally Bronston and Mike Memoli contributed.
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It was in a highly trafficked part of the White House. I repeat a highly trafficked part!!!!!!!!!!!!
So take off your tin foil hats and start thinking rationally. I'm certain it was dropped by a tourist.
I don't think the tourist will have any luck with the Lost and Found Department
FOX news will have it tied to hunter biden by dinner time for their audience, 4:30pm...
The supporters/enablers of the former 'president' are so classy - I just saw something that was posted on truth social by the former 'president' that shows a flag that says 'fuck biden and fuck you for voting for him'. That scumbag suffers from perpetual PD&D plus delusion.
again, total class!
Of course it was!
Or it could have been Hunter, or one of his friends, or a member of Biden's administration or one of their friends, or a White House staffer, or one of their friends, or.....?
Give proof or get lost
You planning to give proof to your comment you are sure it was a tourist since you are demanding proof from others? I would also be very curious what exactly defines highly trafficked part of the West Wing is. Are tourists allowed there or is it well trafficked by politicians and their minions? It seems some are more than happy to rush to judgement before actually knowing any facts. And of course I have to wonder if the media will ask any questions other than the spoon fed official report.
You get into the West Wing two ways unless you work there, you are invited to attend a meeting or your invited by a staffer for an after hours tour where the staffer is responsible.
Since this is the White House I would think they would know who was there and approx when it was dropped. I also wonder if the person left no fingerprints or any other evidence behind or maybe the White House isn't looking into trying to identify whose it was because Hunter already has a good supplier.
Or Don Jr. trying to get someone in trouble.
I say it was planted by a supporter/enabler of the former 'president'.
See1.2.1
I don't know if that would be true. But I do know that as the evidence and new accusations mount against the former (45) president, the more bold, baseless and unbelievable stuff coming from the 'MAGAdonians' against the current president, his family, the DOJ, Special Prosecutor Jack Smith, truth telling people, some politicians, entertainment folk and dozens of others are ramping up. It is kind of like, look-look-look over there but don't look over here.
Perhaps so. But 45 did say, "I saved bin Sulman's ass." It is very strange that he has never been asked what he meant by that.
What does that have to do with 1.3.1 or did you just feel a need to comment about Trump?
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Everything is about Trump. Has been that way since the escalator slide. Or haven't you noticed.
Maybe for you, but not for the vast majority of people
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Really? Ask the ten year old Ohio girl that had to be smuggled out of state to terminate a rape pregnancy. She doesn't count? Only you count? Why?
Go ahead and ask her if she thinks everything is about trump. You may be disappointed
Awwww, shit. That is where it went....
And
Snnnnnnnch. Yep, smells like cocaine.
I told you to be careful how you carried that!
Sure sounds like it was found in the library, that is not open to the public.
If it was in a highly visited area, I'm sure it will be easily determined by security video. It's one of the most secure buildings in the world, the most likely story is a rando just brought it in and left it there unnoticed, and it has nothing to do with the cokehead who lives there.
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I'm not even going to comment on the credibility of someone calling themselves Sweet Pea on twitter
It's a tweet containing the actual audio of the Hazmat call. But sure, blame the person who tweeted it and believe they changed the audio provided by a media source.
That's even more incredible than believing random people can smuggle in illegal substances, drop them off in a public area and not be identifiable in the most secure building in the country by the same people who identified every person within a mile of the capitol on June 6th.
The supporters/enablers/fucking morons/of the former 'president' and those who were 'touring' the capitol identified themselves on 1/6.
June 6th?????????
White power in the White House, oh lord, Donnie JR forgot something when moving to Florida. /s
What did they need a lab test for? Didn't anyone have a nose?
You going to risk snorting anthrax?
I really wasn't being serious.
I didn't think you were. But coke doesn't have a smell
How do you know that?
Lol!
We truly are not a serious country anymore.