Colorado Representative Lauren Boebert told Newsweek that the investigation’s results are « outrageous. »
Numerous Republicans are flummoxed at the inability of the White House and Secret Service to determine who brought cocaine into the West Wing.
A baggie of the white substance was initially discovered July 2 during a routine sweep of the White House’s West Wing, an area often heavily inhabited by staffers and general visitors. President Joe Biden and his family were at Camp David that day, not present while the vicinity was briefly evacuated.
The U.S. Secret Service said the substance, which was later lab tested and confirmed to be cocaine, was found inside a receptacle used to temporarily store electronic and personal devices prior to entering the West Wing.
However, FBI crime lab results could not develop latent fingerprints and the DNA associated with the baggie was insufficient to find a culprit. Thus, the investigation will be officially closed on Friday according to lawmakers briefed on the matter.
« There was no surveillance video footage found that provided investigative leads or any other means for investigators to identify who may have deposited the found substance in this area, » the Secret Service said in a statement on Thursday.
The statement added: « 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.
