The White House castigated a reporter on Friday for asking if cocaine found in the building belonged to the Bidens.
Calling the question "irresponsible," press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre noted that the family was not in the building during the discovery.
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"There has been some irresponsible reporting about the family, and so I've got to call that out here," Jean-Pierre said. "The Biden family was not here. They were not here. They were at Camp David. They were not here Friday, they were not here Saturday, they were not here Sunday.
"So to ask that question is actually incredibly irresponsible," she continued. "I'll just leave it there."
Speculation has run rampant since cocaine was discovered in the White House Sunday night, with multiple reports seeming to conflict over the location. Initial stories said it was found in the library, but administration officials later said the drugs were found in the West Wing, though they've never noted an exact location.
Contrary to Jean-Pierre's statement, the Bidens were in the building last Friday, leaving in the afternoon along with Hunter Biden for Camp David. The younger Biden has a long history of drug use, which led to questions about his whereabouts.
A reporter previously asked deputy press secretary Andrew Bates about the issue, noting that President Joe Biden's critics, including former President Donald Trump, have speculated that the bag belongs to Hunter Biden. Bates declined to answer, citing the Hatch Act.
Elsewhere on Friday, national security advisor Jake Sullivan was asked about reports that the cocaine was found near the Situation Room. Sullivan also mentioned "questionable reporting" before lining up a new detail in the saga.
"The Situation Room is not in use and has not been in use for months, because it is currently under construction," he said. "We are using an alternate Situation Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. So the only people coming in and going out of the Situation Room in this period have been workers who are getting it ready to go."
Officials previously suggested the cocaine was found in areas accessible to White House staff and tourists.
"We’ll let the investigation unfold," Sullivan said. "If it involves someone from the White House, the appropriate consequences will ensue. If it involves some visitor who came in and left it, that’s a different matter that raises a different set of questions that are less relevant to my line of work."
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Republicans have been less forgiving about how illicit drugs made their way into the first family's home.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) is demanding more information from the Secret Service, while the House Oversight Committee is investigating White House security measures.