Members of the Secret Service said Thursday that the agency is closing its investigation into who left a bag of cocaine in the White House, after the probe was allegedly unable to find any physical evidence pointing to even a single suspect.
According to three anonymous Secret Service agents who spoke with NBC News, the bag of cocaine was tested at two separate federal labs for fingerprint evidence, but no fingerprints were ultimately found on the bag. DNA evidence on the bag was claimed to be insufficient to allow for comparisons with DNA in the federal database.
The three agents also reportedly told NBC that none of the surveillance footage of the area in which the cocaine was found “produced investigative leads.” The anonymous agents concluded that “the investigation will not be able to single out a person of interest from the hundreds of individuals who passed through the vestibule where the cocaine was discovered.” Accordingly, “the Secret Service's investigation is closed due to a lack of physical evidence.”
However, a handful of Republican representatives who spoke with Fox News after the Secret Services’ official announcement did disclose additional details about the investigation.
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) told Fox News that the Secret Service admitted to her that the key to the locker, in which the cocaine was discovered, “is missing.”
While more than five hundred people passed through the West Wing during the weekend in which the cocaine was discovered, Boebert claimed that the only examination the Secret Service did of any of these visitors was a background check for past drug use or convictions.
The Secret Service’s decision is being criticized for being yet another example of the administration dismissing any concerns about, and failing to take serious steps to address, allegations when they threaten to reflect poorly on President Joe Biden and his family.