House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) sent a letter to Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle requesting a briefing on the details surrounding the discovery of cocaine in the White House, as the committee investigates what happened.
Secret Service uniformed officers on Sunday around 6 p.m. Eastern discovered a plastic baggie of white powdery substance in the West Wing during a routine patrol, which prompted an evacuation of the White House and the dispatch of a D.C. Fire Department hazmat team who first identified the substance as cocaine.
According to the Secret Service, the plastic baggie was found in a cubby at an entrance for staffers and official visitors, which leads to a lower level of the West Wing that is near the Situation Room. Staffers can also bring personal guests through the entrance, after the guests undergo a background check ahead of time and pass through a security checkpoint manned by the Secret Service. The Secret Service, assisted by the FBI, is now reviewing surveillance tapes and visitors logs.
Police are seen outside the White House grounds, Sunday night, July 2, 2023 in Washington. The White House was briefly evacuated Sunday evening while President Joe Biden was at Camp David after the Secret Service discovered suspicious powder in a common area of the West Wing, and a preliminary test showed the substance was cocaine, two law enforcement officials said Tuesday. that the area is “limited-access,” and the average person “just can’t get in there.
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