May 2, 2024

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The White House was evacuated after a bag of cocaine was found there


On Sunday afternoon, cocaine was discovered in one of the premises of the White House, which caused panic among the security forces guarding the US president.

The Washington Post reports that intelligence agencies are investigating a suspicious substance that led to a brief evacuation when it was discovered Sunday night inside the White House. The substance, which was a white powder, tested positive for cocaine, according to the conclusion of a preliminary test, according to an officer familiar with the investigation and a record of the dispatcher of the Washington fire brigade who responded to the incident.

Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said the substance is undergoing further testing to determine what it is. Meanwhile, the authorities are investigating how it got into the White House. However, the Washington Fire Department determined that the substance did not pose a threat.

The discovery of the substance put agencies on high alert and an emergency evacuation was carried out in the area. President Biden, according to Guglielmi, was not at the White House at the time. An “investigation into the cause and manner” of the substance entering the White House is already underway.

Gulielmi declined to provide details of where exactly the substance was found or how it was packaged. He limited himself to what he said – the substance was discovered by members of the Secret Service unit, who were conducting routine patrols of the building.

While the unit was on duty at 8:49 p.m., a firefighter from the Washington Department’s Hazardous Materials Unit radioed the test results: “We have a yellow bag labeled cocaine hydrochloride. Vito Maggiolo, spokesman for the Washington Fire Department, limited stating that his agency “provided support to the Secret Service in its investigation.”

It should be recalled here that the son of US President Hunter Biden has a known drug addiction, which was also mentioned in his book by his former partner Catherine Bull. So it’s entirely possible that he might have lost the packet during his meeting with Joe Biden’s father.

New York Post newspaper published photographs from the laptop of Hunter, the son of US President Joe Biden, which show that he takes drugs while driving a car. In one picture, Biden Jr. uses illegal substances while driving through a residential area in Arlington, Virginia, in another he shows the dashboard of his Porsche, which shows a speed of 172 miles per hour (276 kilometers per hour).

Previously, Republicans, who won a majority in the House of Representatives, declared about the intention to conduct an investigation of foreign business transactions in which the current US President Joe Biden, along with his son Hunter, actively participated. The White House responded by accusing the Republican Party of developing “long-debunked conspiracy theories.”



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