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Probe into cocaine found at White House closes with no suspect (www.aljazeera.com)
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Washington, DC – Authorities in the United States have closed the investigation into the source of cocaine found at the White House without identifying a suspect “due to a lack of physical evidence”, the Secret Service has said.

The announcement on Thursday could further fuel conspiracy theories by Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, linking the drug without evidence to President Joe Biden, a Democrat, and his son, Hunter.

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[–] Pacifist@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You all know this is the first time there has ever been cocaine in the white house, right?

Right

[–] Raphael@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Stop, the joke is writing itself.

In 1997, during the presidency of Bill Clinton, a small amount of cocaine was found in a bathroom near the Oval Office. The discovery led to a controversy, but it was never definitively established who the cocaine belonged to or how it ended up there. Some reports suggest that the drugs were left behind by previous administration staff.