The White House tries to calm the controversy over the discovery of cocaine

The White House tried this Wednesday to remove iron from the discovery of cocaine inside the building saying that the drug it was found in an area frequented by outside visitors and that the president and his family were absent.

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He Secret Servicein charge of the security of the State authorities, confirmed this Wednesday that the white powdery substance found on sunday in the famous west wing of the White House was cocaine.

Initially it was believed that the substance could be dangerous and a evacuation. Security services normally treat as possible chemical or bacteriological attacks any suspicious powdery substance received by post at official buildings.

Anthony Guglielmispokesperson for Secret Service American, stated that there is an investigation “ongoing”.

The cocaine find sparked a flurry of speculation in the US media about who might have left the drug behind.

Several right-wing personalities pointed the finger at the president’s son, Hunter Bidenwith a past marred by alcoholism and drug addiction.

The former president and candidate for the Republican primary for the 2024 presidential election, donald trumpdirectly accused father and son in a message.

“Does anyone really believe that the COCAINE found in the west wing of the White House, very close to the oval officeis for the use of someone other than Hunter and Joe Biden?”, claims in your network TruthSocial.

the republican senator Tom Cotton asked on Wednesday Secret Service make public the exact location where the powder was found.

“The American people deserve to know if illegal drugs have been found in an area where it is shared confidential information”, he wrote in a letter sent to the director of the Secret Service.

Proof that the controversy is increasing, the journalists present at the meeting between the president Joe Biden and the Swedish Prime Minister, ulf kristerssonon Wednesday at the White House Many more questions were asked about this finding than about Sweden’s possible entry into the NATO.

The White House He tried to mitigate the controversy by explaining that the first indications point to a visitor as the owner of the drug.

The presidential spokesperson, Karine Jean-Pierresaid the cocaine was found in an area frequently used by outside visitors invited by White House staff.

Before entering certain areas of the building, these visitors must leave their phones in lockers.

It was in one of those lockers that the cocaine.

He also insisted that the family Biden was not in the White House throughout the weekend.

The spokeswoman ended the questions on the subject by saying: “We trust the Secret Service will get to the bottom of this story.”.

Source: Elcomercio

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