The Secret Service's investigation on the cocaine found in the White House blows
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Of all the excuses offered by the Secret Service to explain why it shut down the White House cocaine investigation last week after just 11 days, one jumped out as particularly ridiculous.
It couldn't conduct interviews of potential cokeheads known to be in the vicinity of where the bag of drugs was found because it didn't want to infringe on their civil rights, Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi told NBC.
"We have no evidence to approach them," he said of 500 possible suspects identified in the area on the holiday weekend before July 4.
Hah! Tell that to the hundreds of people rounded up by the FBI for just being in the vicinity of the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Sorry, nobody believes that the Biden administration cares about safeguarding civil liberties unless it's part of a cover-up.
"They didn't find anyone because they didn't want to find anyone," says former NYPD Commissioner Bernie Kerik after the Secret Service declared that its joint investigation with the FBI had proved fruitless.
Shifting stories about where the cocaine was located add to the public skepticism, and then a flat-out lie about when the president and his son left the White House for Camp David that weekend compounded the problem.
Despite enlisting the help of the FBI, the Secret Service found no fingerprints or DNA evidence on the bag of cocaine.
The Secret Service concluded the investigation into the cocaine found in the White House without identifying a suspect.REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File PhotoAccording to Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi, the agency didn't have enough evidence to interview any of the potential suspects.Getty Images/iStockphoto
"So, whoever had the cocaine, they wore gloves? I doubt it," scoffs Kerik. "And the fact they have changed the location three times makes it evident they are trying to conceal and suppress where it was actually found."
Even more astonishing is that, in a complex bristling with security cameras, the Secret Service said no surveillance video footage exists because the baggie was located in a "blind spot."
"I don't care if it was a six-foot blind spot," says Kerik. "I can tell you who walked into it and who walked out of it. The whole blind spot argument is bogus."
He claims the Secret Service knows exactly whose cocaine it is.
"They don't miss anything. They know their job. They are very systematic, very organized, very thorough," he said, adding, "The whole thing is preposterous. It's really an insult to the men and women in the Secret Service and the FBI for them to say they can't identify where the cocaine came from."
As the mystery dragged on into its second week, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre refused to rule out that the cocaine belonged to a member of the Biden family and slammed the question as "incredibly irresponsible."
She also falsely claimed that the president and his son were not at the White House two days before the cocaine was found.
"They were not here Friday. They were not here Saturday. They were not here Sunday. They were not even here Monday."
But Hunter and Joe were indeed at the White House on Friday, until 6:34 p.m., when they flew off for a long weekend at Camp David.
President Biden and his son Hunter leaving the White House for a long weekend at Camp David on June 30, 2023.AP Photo/Susan Walsh
Even former Russiagate federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann says the investigation is a joke, while not pointing the finger at either Biden.
"It's such bad law enforcement," he told MSNBC, "and frankly, I would say suspicious.
"You interview people. But you know what you don't do before you interview people? Publicly say that there's no DNA evidence and no fingerprints. Like why would you let the whole world know that if you're then going to interview people? Better for people to think that you might have that," he said.
But according to the Secret Service, there were just too many people to interview.
Anyway, cocaine possession is a misdemeanor in the District of Columbia, so basically who cares, shut up and stop asking questions.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre incorrectly claimed that the Biden family wasn't at the White House at all the weekend the cocaine was found.Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images
This blase attitude is exactly the wrong message to be sending from the White House.
Nancy Reagan would be rolling in her grave.
Even as a misdemeanor, the penalty in DC is up to 180 days in jail.
Cocaine is a serious drug that impairs judgment and discourages secrecy.
When it comes to the important work carried out in the White House, it is a national security problem if the staff are drugged out, and so sloppy that they leave their cocaine lying around.
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Donald Trump, who is more familiar with the White House than most people, told Fox News on Sunday: "You know how many cameras they have opposite the front door of the Situation Room? [It's] where you decide on war, where you decide on nuclear."
Anyone with any knowledge of law enforcement or familiarity with the White House is skeptical about the Secret Service excuses.
A former senior Secret Service agent who has protected past presidents worries that the agency is "closing the investigation to take the Biden administration off the hook … I pray not, but I am suspicious that the Secret Service … took the road that it believed would generate the least criticism in the long term."
He points out that Biden has a history of cozy relationships with the agency.
When the head of his Secret Service detail, Dale Pupillo, suffered a death in the family in 2009, then-VP Biden flew on Air Force Two to Indiana to attend the wake.
After Pupillo retired as assistant director, he continued to work for the Biden family in a private capacity.
Kimberly Cheatle, the current Secret Service director, appointed by Biden last year, also served on his vice presidential security detail.
Hunter Biden has been assisted by Secret Service agents in past mishaps.REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson
Hunter has been rescued from various drug-related scrapes by former and serving Secret Service agents.
From the crack pipe he left inside an Arizona rental car to his gun thrown in a trash can by his ex-lover Hallie Biden, the Secret Service always seemed to arrive to clean up after him.
Hunter once told a friend, in a message left on his laptop, how his father leveraged favors through his Secret Service agents: "guys that he got their daughter into the naval academy that he had to the VP residence and let them use his apartment to stay and cost the White House, guys he paid their health insurance premiums for anonymously."
If your job is to protect the president, how far do you go?
Kerik thinks eventually the truth will leak out because "the men and women in the federal law enforcement arena are sick and tired of having to conceal and suppress [and] basically commit crimes on behalf of the Biden White House."
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Stay right on the case Miranda!
The Secret Service is not happy about the coverup.
Dan Bongino Says Secret Service Agents Are Furious and 'Know' Who's Behind the Cocaine – RedState
The idea that they don’t know is ludicrous or insanely dangerous.
No other reasonable explanations
Is Miranda still funding polls? They're my faves!
Jaysus Miranda, Kerik is a goto guy for quotes!:
Bernard Bailey Kerik (born September 4, 1955) is an American consultant and former police officer who was the 40th Commissioner of the New York Police Department from 2000 to 2001. As a convicted felon, he obtained a presidential pardon from President Donald Trump in 2020 for his numerous federal convictions for tax fraud, ethics violations, and criminal false statements.
I'm more concerned about your wimpy PM:
I'm not a fan of foreign owned 'news' sources and especially not by Chatham Asset Management LLC.
What else ya got?
How 'bout discussing the comment and not the source????
Absolutely nothing, like this.
“They didn't find anyone because they didn't want to find anyone,"
100 percent
Blackmail. Extortion. Leverage. Why would a secret police give up a useful asset that can be controlled?
Jesus Christ you guys are desperate.
All mighty spaghetti space god you are in denial.
Denial of what? How many people visit the White House per day? It is such in incredibly stupid stretch of the imagination to connect a tiny piece of clearly planted evidence to the Bidens. How pathetic that this is the best attack that the right can come up with.
I'll take stupid shit the left says for $100 Alex. Planted evidence?
That's as laughable as saying "Biden's doing a good job".
Here we have the FBI who worked to identify hundreds of protestors on January 6th within a few hours that can't identify the dope fiend who left coke in the WH.
How pathetic you are to believe the FBI, who worked to identify hundreds of protestors on January 6th within a few hours, can't identify the dope fiend who left coke in the WH.
Gee, I guess the "dope fiend" was smart enough not to take selfies ... @!@
And what is your basis for claiming there was fingerprints and dna on the “evidence” but it was covered up? Your feelings? [Deleted]
Or the dope fiend was a relative of Geriatric Joe. Not the first time somebody had to cover for him.
And where did I mention anything about fingerprints or DNA?
Oh, so it’s not even about possible actual evidence, it’s just purely about your feelings of what has to be true?
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The FBI is STILL coming up with more Jan 6 people to haul in/question/arrest BUT they still don't know who planted the 2 pipe bombs.
Wray claimed that he didn't know how many FBI agents were on Capitol grounds or in the building that day and now he can't find fingerprints/DNA on a plastic baggie in the WH.
Clearly planted, BINGO, what I've been saying all along, another nothingberder, all they got!
Unreal eh? The 'tourists' pretty much provided all the evidence needed at their trials via selfies and such - and now they're whining about the planted cocaine in the White House,
So NOW evidence matters. Your hypocrisy is showing.
Just like a particular laptop that was "lost". No, they aren't covering for a crackhead.
Their 'slavior' Ron DeBatboy is self-imploding and they are desperate for any hint of any fabricated mud-like substance to toss at Biden. It's quite sad to watch, but they have bought into it lock, stock and over the Niagara 'we' go ... wheeee!
'Deep state' (never explained, ever, who comprises the deep state) was just mentioned in an article regarding the former 'president' who wants to expand presidential powers (what a shocker!) if he gets elected in 2024 - and get rid of said 'deep state'.
As far as who comprises, look no further than the "witch hunt crews" in Congress who dedicated themselves to "get Trump at all costs" from 2015 through practically present day. Also, a prime example would be the J6 committee who was supposed to be trying to find out what went wrong on that day so that they could prevent it from happening again. Instead, like practically everything else, it turned into a "we surely have Trump now" produced for TV one ring circus.
Who comprises the deep state? Another question that is never answered.
A credible answer seems to be beyond some.
Those 'witch hunt crews' didn't secretly manipulate anyone despite the former 'president' talking points which you all adopt and repeat like it's gospel truth.
They tried to manipulate the American citizenry............and it was all about getting him out because he had the audacity to win the election. Wasn't secret I'll give you that. They did it, for the most part, in the wide open spaces. If you think for one minute there wasn't nefarious bullshit going on behind closed doors in offices all over DC, you would be sadly mistaken. Helps to have both eyes and ears open when trying to debate a point.
I guess you missed 3.2.16............
Just about everyone with more than one brain cell knows who left it there.
More bad optics for the Biden's
Isn’t it crazy that drug dealers somehow still stay in business when the only person in the country using cocaine is Hunter Biden?!
It's probably a safe assumption that some West Wing staffers and the friends they invite for special after hours tours are users as well.
He does have close ties with the facility. Hasn't been proven it WASN'T his.
Prove it is not yours. Can't, can you?
It is impossible to prove a negative...
Jeremy can't but the WH can if he isn't on a West Wing visitor log.
What would that take?
Releasing WH West Wing visitor logs from two or three days prior to finding it.
At 6,000 visitors per day? Have fun!
6,000 don't visit the West Wing daily. The number that get a special after hours West wing tour on Fri night or Sat/Sun is rather small.
Sarcasm escapes you.
Take a look at the visitors log and all the CCTV footage. You know, the same way it would take the Secret Service to identify the person who left it in a matter of an hour or so.
An actual investigation. you know, the opposite of what the SS did.
And who is to say that it isn't happening now.
Who says it has to be Hunter? This could explain a lot of the word salad intellectualism seen in the Biden administration.
Evidently the patriarchy in this country can score Cocaine that isn't laced with fentanyl. This is some real bullshit. We want access to clean cocaine!
Team Biden and its colluding FBI would have been more credible if they'd had a quick meeting before issuing so many contradictory statements:
The cocaine baggie was found:
OH, WAIT ...
OH, WAIT ...
OH, WAIT ...
OH, WAIT ...
OH, WAIT ...
We don't want to reveal anything the FBI/SS knows, so the investigation is "closed" and we'll go with not "infringing" on people's "civil liberties" by claiming ...
Follow the consequences.
Who has the most to lose if discovered?
Follow the consequences…..