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Americans learned that a white substance was found inside the White House that tested positive for cocaine. This sparked an investigation into who successfully brought the illegal drug into the West Wing.
Former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino weighed in on the situation and revealed that only a family member could have successfully brought cocaine into the White House.
“There’s absolutely ZERO chance anyone other than a family member brought that cocaine inside the White House complex,” Bongino explained. “No chance that would make it past the mag/security checkpoints. Family bypasses those.”
The drug was discovered by Secret Service shortly after President Biden’s son, Hunter, visited the White House. Hunter, a cocaine addict, left Washington, DC with his father to vacation at Camp David for Independence Day.
There’s absolutely ZERO chance anyone other than a family member brought that cocaine inside the White House complex. No chance that would make it past the mag/security checkpoints. Family bypasses those.
— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) July 5, 2023
President Biden was at Camp David at the time of the discovery of the substance along with Hunter. An investigation is underway to confirm whether Hunter is responsible for bringing drugs into the White House.
The cocaine was found in an area of the West Wing that is used by guests and staff. A hazmat team was called in response to the discovery.
In a desperate scramble, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has claimed that “the cocaine was found in a heavily traveled area that visitors often transit.”
Hunter was recently charged after a years-long investigation into his criminal activity overseas involving his father. A total of nine members of the Biden crime family received money from shady overseas business entities, including two of President Biden’s grandchildren.
The disgraced presidential son has pleaded guilty to federal charges as part of a special deal with the U.S. Justice Department that allows him to avoid prison time related to a gun felony. Hunter pleaded guilty to two counts of willful failure to pay federal income tax. However, the more serious gun felony charge carried a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
Hunter illegally possessed a firearm while addicted to crack cocaine. He tested positive for the drug and was discharged from the Navy in 2014.
Prosecutors recommended two years of probation. After admitting to the illegal firearm, Hunter will “enter a diversion program” and “he will not technically be pleading guilty to the gun charge.” This structure allows him to avoid prison time.
President Donald Trump reacted by saying our system is “broken” and called Hunter’s punishment a “mere traffic ticket.” The plea agreement is widely viewed as a corrupt and politically motivated deal because other Americans are regularly “dragged through the mud” by facing the full consequences of their criminal actions.
“Wow!” Trump said. “The corrupt Biden DOJ just cleared up hundreds of years of criminal liability by giving Hunter Biden a mere traffic ticket. Our system is BROKEN!”
Legal scholar and law professor Jonathan Turley of George Washington University reacted to the “historic” plea deal. “It is historic in the sense that the president’s son is going to plead guilty to criminal acts,” Turley explained. “It’s going to be very controversial for critics. I think for many, this is going to look like you ticketed the getaway driver after a bank robbery.”
“This plea deal has the makings of an avoidance of any jail time,” Turley said. “But more importantly, it was an evasion of the more serious allegations facing Hunter Biden and the Biden family.”
U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware David C. Weiss found that Hunter “did not pay the income tax due for either year in 2017 and 2018. According to the firearm Information, from on or about October 12, 2018 through October 23, 2018, Hunter Biden possessed a firearm despite knowing he was an unlawful user of and addicted to a controlled substance,” Weiss added.
“A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after taking into account the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors,” Weiss’ office said.