On Sunday, the White House was briefly evacuated when security found a mysterious bag of white powder. They were following the protocols in place for a possible biological agent, except that as soon as the Secret Service conducted a preliminary test on the white powder, it was clear that it was just cocaine, not anthrax. Which led me to making the incident into a blind item: who left their bag of coke in the White House?
As many commenters noted, most cokeheads – or even casual cocaine users – always know the location of their cocaine, at all times. They keep track of it. These are not potheads who lose track of their stash. Which begs the question, why would someone bring cocaine into the White House, only to then lose track of it and leave it somewhere? It’s incredibly curious, and the fact that GOP operatives are now crying 24-7 about a big cocaine conspiracy in the White House, makes me believe that this could have been a set-up. Well, get this: the cocaine was actually not found in an area accessible to tourists, as previously reported.
Multiple officials involved in the White House cocaine inquiry now say the bag of powder was found in a cubby near the White House’s West Executive entrance, not the formal West Wing lobby, as was previously reported. Investigators expect to be done with the investigation by Monday, said two sources familiar with the investigation. The inquiry had previously been expected to take a couple of weeks.
In updating where the cocaine was found, officials said that area was also heavily trafficked. The cocaine was found in an entrance area between the foyer and a lower-level lobby, the sources said. The entrance is near where some vehicles, like the vice president’s limo or SUV, park. It is one floor below the main West Wing offices and on the same floor as the Situation Room and a dining area.
Forensic work on the cocaine bag continued Thursday, though officials are setting low expectations that they will be able to identify who left it.
Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declined to answer when she was asked at Wednesday’s briefing which of the two West Wing entrances was involved, saying she would let the Secret Service address that.
The sources maintain that the area is highly trafficked, in keeping with Jean-Pierre’s characterization Wednesday. The area is transited by VIPs, visitors, tourists, staff members, military officials and facilities operations employees.
“What I wanted to be very clear is that this is a heavily, heavily trafficked, heavily traveled, to be more accurate, area of the campus of the White House,” Jean-Pierre told reporters Wednesday. “It is where visitors to the West Wing come through.”
[From NBC News]
Yeah, I get it – the coke was not found in an area frequented by casual visitors on a tour of the White House. It was found in a cubby (!!!) in an area where people are checked in to visit someone specific working in the White House. As in, you would go through this area if you had a meeting with the White House Chief of Staff, or you had a meeting with Biden staffers in the Roosevelt Room. If you were a Republican congressman about to chat with Biden officials about policy, you would probably go through this area and have access to this cubby. Which, again, begs the question: why would you go out of your way to bring cocaine into the White House, only to leave in a well-trafficked area? It really does feel like a conspiracy, but not the one the MAGAts think.
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