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Following a test, a white substance that prompted an emergency evacuation at the White House on Sunday night, July 2, was discovered to be cocaine.
On Sunday evening, the powder was discovered in a publicly accessible part of the West Wing, prompting a brief evacuation of the facility.
President Joe Biden was not present since he was at Camp David for a weekend retreat.
The Secret Service, responsible for presidential security, swiftly responded to the situation, with fire and emergency service personnel conducting initial tests on the mater on the material. These tests revealed that the substance was indeed cocaine.
Authorities are now trying to determine how the substance got into the White House after a Secret Service agent found the powder during a routine sweep of the premises.
First son Hunter Biden, 53, who has admitted to a crack cocaine addiction, was on the White House grounds on Friday, June 30, before travelling to Camp David with his father for the holiday weekend. They arrived back in Washington on Tuesday morning.
Rumours circulated in April that the first son had also been residing at the White House for a time to avoid being served by the mother of his love child.
In his memoir “Beautiful Things,” Hunter detailed his years-long battle with cocaine addiction, which he said intensified after the death of his brother Beau in 2015.
Many photos, text messages, and other communications indicating his cocaine addiction wound up on the first son’s now-infamous laptop, including recently revealed images of Hunter smoking crack behind the wheel of his car in a residential Arlington, Virginia, neighbourhood in the summer of 2018.
According to the US narcotic Enforcement Administration, cocaine is a Schedule II narcotic under the Controlled Substances Act, which means it has a high potential for abuse.
The West Wing is a huge, multi-level section of the White House that houses the president’s offices, including the Oval Office and the Situation Room.
It also houses the vice president’s office, the White House chief of staff, the press secretary, and hundreds of other staff members who have access.
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