‘Cocaine-gate’ Delivers Another Blow to Our Tanking Trust in Institutions
Joe Concha
It appeared to be the easiest case to solve this side of Jussie Smollett: A powdery substance, later confirmed to be cocaine, was found near The West Executive entrance in the White House on July 2. Given that 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is arguably the most surveilled property in the country, a simple rewinding of the video in such a sensitive area would seem likely to solve this mystery of whose coke it was.
But 11 long days later, the Secret Service announced that the case was closed, citing a lack of physical evidence such as fingerprints or DNA. As for all of those video cameras, they turned out to be as useless as the ones filming Jeffrey Epstein's prison cell.
"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 agency said in a statement on Thursday.
It added that FBI laboratory testing “did not develop latent fingerprints and insufficient DNA was present for investigative comparisons. Therefore, the Secret Service is not able to compare evidence against the known pool of individuals.”
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