GOP Lawmakers Denounce ‘Failure’ as Secret Service Abruptly Ends Investigation Into White House Cocaine Mystery With No Culprit Identified

A GOP congressman briefed on the short-lived investigation described it as ‘ridiculous’ that no suspect has been identified.

AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta, file
The White House, July 30, 2022. AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta, file

The Secret Service on Friday is ending its nearly two-week-long investigation into how a bag of cocaine ended up in the West Wing of the White House without identifying any suspects. The abrupt end of the probe was greeted with jeers by House Republicans.

Secret Service agents briefed members of the House Oversight Committee on Thursday in a secure room in the basement of the Capitol Building, telling the lawmakers that they will officially end the investigation on Friday without finding any clues as to who may have left the drugs, which were found in the lower level of the West Wing near the Situation Room. 

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