Posted on 07/06/2023 4:27:56 AM PDT by Libloather
President Joe Biden laughed and again ignored questions about the cocaine found at the White House - as the administration tried to distance the first family and staff from the shocking discovery by suggesting it was a visitor.
Biden sat and watched reporters as they tried and failed to get his response to the drug scandal while he was in the Oval Office with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on Wednesday.
Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre implied in her daily briefing that a member of the public left the Schedule A substance in a 'heavily-traveled area' of the West Wing - the office space that includes the Oval Office and an area for staff.
Despite repeated questions, she refused to get into 'hypotheticals' about the investigation and insisted the Secret Service would find the culprit who abandoned the drugs while Biden and son Hunter were in Camp David for the weekend
The cocaine was found on Sunday in small, zippered bag in a cubby hole in the lobby area of the West Wing, where visitors leave their cell phones and other electronics before entering the White House complex.
A member of White House staff must accompany guests who tour the West Wing, and the Biden administration tests new hires for illicit substances.
Jean-Pierre said Biden had been briefed on the matter, but the president didn't acknowledge questions shouted at him during the meeting with Kristersson.
He also didn't answer questions about it on Tuesday.
The Secret Service is conducting an investigation, including looking at security cameras and visitor logs.
The substance was found during a routine Secret Service sweep on Sunday evening and tested positive as a drug.
Jean-Pierre noted the lobby sees a lot of foot traffic on any given day.
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Hunter had someone to sneak it in for him and he was late picking it up.
odds of who brought coke into the wh
Hunter Biden 1-2
Hunter stashed in one of the kid’s bags 3-1
The Indian Prime Minister 7-1.
Left over from the Clinton Administration 7-2.
Indict Trump for it 2-1.
Those were separate instances though (and photos, not selfies). 172 mph to Vegas, crack in Arlington.
Why wouldn’t he laugh it off? He knows the press is in his corner.
Whole lot of laughin’ goin’ on. Hillary, Kamala, now Brandon. Laughing can have many meanings. Super villains laugh evilly. Liars laugh nervously. Honest people laugh at a good joke.
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