White House Cocaine Stumps Secret Service

Well, someone’s breathing easy again. But we’ll never know the identity of that person.

On Thursday, the Secret Service told Congress that it was closing its investigation into who was responsible for the cocaine that was found July 2 in the West Wing of the White House.

No suspect. No culprit.

Nothing to see here.

Exactly how hard did Secret Service look for the guilty party? Who knows. But it was an ominous sign that from the start White House officials predicted no one would ever be fingered.

“At this time, the Secret Service’s investigation is closed due to a lack of physical evidence,” yesterday’s statement read

Lack of physical evidence? What about a bag of illegal drugs?

No suspects? For the first time we have a coke addict living in the White House and coke was found on the premises. Look, it probably wasn’t Hunter’s blow, and given the freak show that’s the Biden administration there are plenty of candidates within the staff. Why not polygraphs for all?

Apparently the FBI tested the plastic bag for fingerprints and DNA and came up with nothing. Then again, does anyone have complete confidence in the FBI these days? Or any other government agency?

The Federalist also expressed skepticism about the thoroughness of the investigation, noting the detached attitude of the Secret Service.

“Without physical evidence, the investigation will not be able to single out a person of interest from the hundreds of individuals who passed through the vestibule where the cocaine was discovered,” Secret Service officials said in a statement.

This anti-climatic conclusion should come as no surprise to anyone who has followed the caper since its origins on Sunday, July 2. From the beginning, the bureaucrats tasked with naming the nose candy signaled their investigation would be short-lived and produce no perp.

What this abbreviated 11-day investigation into a major breach of security tells us is that the White House is far from the most secure building in the U.S.

In fact, security there appears to be lax.

While we’re told there are cameras everywhere in the White House, there were no cameras in this cocaine storage area.

How convenient.

Remember, when the drugs were first discovered the White House was evacuated for fear that the white powder might be ricin, anthrax or some other deadly substance.

The presence of cocaine was no doubt greeted with relief.

But what if this had been ricin? Apparently we’d never know who planted it in the president’s home.

It’s simply unthinkable that staff, visitors or family members can come and go at the White House with contraband, with zero risk of getting caught.

It’s also hard to believe that someone was daring - or audacious - enough to smuggle coke into the White House.

Congress should immediately hold hearings with Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle. She should candidly explain the failures of her security protocols and explain how these are being remedied, even if this must be done behind closed doors.

This brazen act has no doubt not gone unnoticed by those who would like to commit acts of terrorism in Washington.

The Secret Service is an embarrassment.