Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) suggested the lack of answers concerning the White House cocaine investigation is indicative of a “lax atmosphere” within the Biden administration.
On Thursday, Secret Service agents told House lawmakers that their investigation into the cocaine found at the White House on July 2 had been closed due to a lack of physical evidence.
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Donalds told Jesse Watters Tonight that he “got that vibe” that the Secret Service was not being completely forthcoming.
“There’s a lot of things that are happening in there, not totally aware of,” Donalds said. “But the thing that’s lost on me is with all the surveillance that we have at our capability, we don’t know who left a dime bag of cocaine in the White House. Like, we can’t even like narrow it down? That’s the most frustrating thing overall.”
The Florida congressman said his understanding is that Secret Service will hand over the investigation to the FBI because “there is nothing of destructive power.”
Donalds, however, noted that if cocaine were found in his residence, the investigation and the liberal media’s coverage would look very different.
“The big media, The View, and all these commentators would never let it go,” Donalds said. “It would be the scandal of the moment until they found their next scandal of the moment.” And that’s what will be happening from a media perspective.”
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So, the reason why we take this as serious as we are and we are pressing for questions and answers is because this is important,” he continued. “In some respects, it speaks to the lax atmosphere that exists at this White House. And if these things are kind of just traipsing through the White House, that’s of serious concern with respect to foreign policy and domestic policy here in the United States.”
Members of the House Oversight Committee who attended the briefing by the Secret Service on Thursday said they were told the list of who could have left the bag of cocaine in the West Wing had been narrowed down to about 500 people.