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Small amount of cocaine found in the White House
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Senator Tom Cotton, R-Ark., pressed the Secret Service for unanswered questions about the cocaine discovered in the White House and whether any arrests will be made.
A member of the Secret Service found a powdery substance in the west wing of the White House, prompting an evacuation of the building.
The Secret Service confirmed with Fox News on Wednesday that the mysterious white powder tested positive for cocaine. Now Senator Cotton demands answers.
“According to public records, the Secret Service has not yet confirmed where in the West Wing the cocaine was found. I urge you to release that information quickly, as the American people deserve to know if any illegal drugs have been found in an area where confidential information has been found.” will be exchanged,” Cotton wrote in a letter to the Secret Service on Wednesday.
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“If the White House complex is not secure, Congress needs to know the details, as well as your plan to correct any flaws,” said the Republican senator, who demanded that a list be provided of every person with access to the building. White House without passing. through a security screening.
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Cotton also asked how often the Secret Service encounters illegal drugs in the White House and whether they have ever been found during security searches or outside the building.
Senator Tom Cotton demanded transparency from the Secret Service in a letter Wednesday. (Anna Geldmaker)
The senator also cited Section 3056A of Title 18, US Code, which allows members of the Secret Service to make arrests, and asked if any arrests will be made in the event they discover who brought the illegal drug into the White House.
Cotton, a member of the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism, gave a deadline of Friday, July 14 for the Secret Service to respond.
President Biden was out of town when the cocaine was found in the White House. (Yasin Ozturk)
President Biden and his son Hunter, a recovering crack cocaine addict, were at Camp David when the drugs were found.
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“Sunday night, the White House closed as a precaution as Secret Service Uniformed Division agents examined an unknown item found in a work area,” the U.S. Secret Service told Fox News Digital. “The DC Fire Department was called to evaluate and quickly determined the item was not hazardous.”
Fox News Patrick Hauf and Mark Meredith contributed to this report.
Aubrie Spady is a freelance production assistant for Fox News Digital.
