Former Secret Service director tried to deep-six investigation into cocaine found at White House: Report



Secret Service leaders, including then-Director Kimberly Cheatle, tried to crush an investigation into the bag of cocaine that was found in the White House in July 2023, according to yet another explosive report about the federal agency by Susan Crabtree of RealClearPolitics.

On July 2, 2023, a bag filled with white powder later identified as cocaine was discovered by a Secret Service Uniformed Division officer who was conducting a routine inspection of the White House after the Biden family had left for Camp David for the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

Matt White ... allegedly received a call from either Cheatle or someone claiming to represent her, ordering White to destroy the cocaine evidence so that the case could be closed.

Because of first son Hunter Biden's known history of abusing illegal drugs, including crack and cocaine, and his recent visit to the White House, members of the press immediately began asking whether the bag belonged to him. Such questions were later labeled "irresponsible."

Congressional Republicans also sent a letter to Cheatle, demanding more details about the apparent breach of security that permitted a bag of cocaine to be brought to the White House in the first place.

"The presence of illegal drugs in the White House is unacceptable and a shameful moment in the White House's history," House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer wrote Cheatle in a letter dated five days after the bag was discovered, as Blaze News previously reported.

DNA material was eventually extracted from the bag, and investigators did find a "partial" match. However, as the investigation yielded "no surveillance video footage found that provided investigative leads," no latent fingerprints, and "insufficient DNA," the Secret Service's investigation into the incident was ultimately "closed due to a lack of physical evidence," said a statement from the agency.

Now, more than a year later, the Secret Service is under tremendous scrutiny once again after a series of deadly security blunders allowed 20-year-old Thomas Crooks to fire several rounds at former President Donald Trump during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024.

One bullet tore through Trump's ear, missing his head by less than an inch. Other bullets took the life of former fire chief Corey Comperatore and critically wounded two others.

Cheatle, who initially defied calls for her resignation following the shooting, eventually stepped down, and Ronald Rowe became acting director in her stead.

According to Crabtree, at least one Secret Service Uniformed Division officer told Cheatle, Rowe, and others last year that he intended to follow crime-scene protocols regarding the cocaine bag found at the White House. Shortly following that conversation, he was apparently reassigned from the case.

Furthermore, Matt White, who was then supervising the vault in which the cocaine evidence had been stored, allegedly received a call from either Cheatle or someone claiming to represent her, ordering White to destroy the cocaine evidence so that the case could be closed, Crabtree reported, citing two sources in the Secret Service community.

Despite apparent pressure from Cheatle, the Forensic Services Division at the Secret Service stood firm and denied the alleged request to destroy the cocaine evidence, Crabtree claimed.

"A decision was made not to get rid of the evidence, and it really p***ed off Cheatle," a source told RCP.

"That’s because they didn’t want to know, or even narrow down the field of who it could be," a source also told RCP. "It could have been Hunter Biden, it could have been a staffer, it could have been someone doing a tour — we’ll never know."

In addition, Crabtree indicated that Richard Macauley, former acting chief of the Secret Service Uniformed Division, may have been passed over for the permanent position because he supported those who refused to destroy the cocaine evidence.

Cheatle has a close relationship with the Biden family, particularly first lady Jill Biden, stemming from Joe Biden's time as vice president during the Obama administration. Reports suggest that because of these close family ties, Biden appointed Cheatle to become Secret Service director in 2022.

Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi did not respond immediately to RCP's request for comment.

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Whodunit? White House Secret Service investigation FAILS to crack the case!



The White House cocaine culprit has escaped unscathed after the Secret Service reportedly completed its investigation with zero answers.

Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi revealed that the owner of the drug remains unidentified because agents did not want to infringe on anyone's civil rights.

The Secret Service did not interview the first family’s well-known drug enthusiast, Hunter Biden, on the matter.

“I guess we’re never going to know that it was in fact Hunter’s cocaine,” Sara Gonzales jokes, implying that that's exactly whose cocaine it was.

Eric July believes they know exactly who’s cocaine it is.

“You’re dealing with the freaking White House, which I’d imagine it’s supposed to be like the most secure place in the world, perhaps,” Eric July adds, continuing, “They know who did it. There’s no reason to pretend. They know whose it was, they just don’t want to tell anybody else because of course, that would then incriminate them.”

July, like Gonzales, is convinced the cocaine belonged to Hunter Biden.

“On the July 4 date, he was blitzed out of his mind,” July recalls.

He also mentions that this kind of shoddy investigation is simply how the government chooses to operate.

“It’s just unfortunately how the government operates, particularly the federal government. It’s like, ‘We’re going to do what we want, and yeah, it doesn’t make sense but what are you going to do about it?’”


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Why the White House's cocaine mystery is ‘ABHORRENT’



Last Sunday, Secret Service agents discovered a suspicious white powder in the White House. Yesterday, on July 4, it was confirmed that the substance in question was cocaine.

Who it belongs to, unfortunately, has not yet been confirmed.

Naturally, many are quick to point to Hunter Biden, given the entanglement of scandals he’s been caught in.

But Glenn Beck isn’t so sure it’s Hunter this time.

“There are a lot of creeps in the White House that might be doing cocaine,” he says.

Stu, on the other hand, isn’t convinced.

“I think just from the sloppiness of the operation, Hunter had to be involved in some way. This would be the perfect statement right after getting a deal for all his crimes,” he says.

Regardless, the White House refuses to “divulge all of the details because of their investigation, which will take probably twelve years,” Glenn sarcastically adds.

“These people lie all the time,” though, Stu says.

“If Hunter was doing it off the counter” and “they all caught him,” they would inevitably come up with some “exact excuse. … There’s no reason to believe anything this White House says,” he continues.

But there’s another question to consider: Isn’t the White House one of the most secure and heavily monitored buildings in the entire country?

“There has to be a camera pointed at the place where this cocaine was found. Rewind the footage!” Stu argues.

“Come on, Stu. They’re not invading people’s privacy by putting a camera in the places of the White House where the tours go through all the time. Why would you have a camera there?” Glenn mockingly asks.

But in all seriousness, of course there are cameras in public areas of the White House, which raises the question: Was the cocaine found in a private area that was not under video surveillance?

This would totally contradict the White House’s statement that the substance was most likely dropped by a tourist.

Because if it did belong to a tourist, there should already be security footage to prove it.

“This nonsense that [the White House is] leaking out,” Stu says, “indicates they know it was in the private area, and they know it was something bigger than some tourist dropping it.”

“Maybe this is why Joe occasionally seems focused,” he laughs.

“I’m not willing to rule it out,” Glenn chuckles.


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