Ex Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle wanted to destroy cocaine fouond at White House, claims report

WASHINGTON, DC: Ousted Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle and other high-ranking officials reportedly urged for the cocaine found at the White House to be destroyed prior to further testing, according to Daily Mail.

Real Clear Politics stated on Monday that there were multiple clashes and disagreements following the discovery of the baggie of cocaine in a locker in the West Wing on July 2, 2023.

The Secret Service is disputing this account, asserting that the cocaine investigation was handled properly.

Spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi refuted the allegation that Cheatle wanted the cocaine removed, stating, "This is false."

"The US Secret Service takes its investigative and protective responsibilities very seriously," Guglielmi claimed.

“There are retention policies for criminal investigations and the Secret Service adhered to those requirements during this case,” he added.  

What happened to the bag of cocaine found in the White House last year?

The bag of cocaine was dispatched for “destruction” one day after the Secret Service's 11-day investigation ended without identifying the perpetrator.

Kimberly Cheatle, who stepped down after the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, was allegedly aware that the discovery of the cocaine inside the White House would cause a media frenzy due to the well-documented drug use of first son Hunter Biden, per the aforementioned report.

In the past, such a discovery would have been kept under wraps as the inner ring of protective agents assigned to the first family would dispose of “contraband,” as informed by three sources in the Secret Service community to the news outlet.

President Joe Biden and his family were at Camp David for a pre-Fourth of July holiday when the discovery was made, and it was a member of the Secret Service's Uniformed Division who found the baggie in locker No 50.

Therefore, instead of those agents finding the substance, it was discovered by a member of the Secret Service's Uniformed Division.

The officer who found the bag marked it as a potentially dangerous substance, like Anthrax, although in documents obtained by the aforementioned outlet that individual “was confident it was drug related.”

It's unclear when the alleged push to have the cocaine destroyed began. RCP reported that at some point during the investigation, vault supervisor Matt White received a call from Cheatle or someone speaking on her behalf asking him to destroy the bag of cocaine because agency leaders wanted to close the case, as per two sources cited by the news outlet.

“Protocol is, whether you act on the [DNA] hit or not, we still have to maintain evidence for a period of up to seven years,” a source said. “It became a big to-do.”

Typically, a Technical Security Division investigator would have been deployed to the scene to identify the substance, but the DC Fire and Emergency Medical Service Department was called instead. The White House complex was then evacuated, which alarmed the press.

The bag of cocaine was initially sent to the Department of Homeland Security’s National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center but then it went to Quantico, at the FBI's crime lab.

As per three sources cited by RCP, while no fingerprints were found, the FBI lab discovered some DNA material.

Sources said the agency ran the DNA material against national criminal databases and “got a partial hit,” indicating that the DNA matched a blood relative of the person whose DNA was left on the bag.

“The Congressional oversight committees need to put White under oath and confirm the ‘partial hit,'” a source told RCP. “Then the FBI needs to explain who the partial hit was against, then determine what blood family member has ties to the White House or what person matching the partial hit was present at the White House that weekend.”

Internet rips Kimberly Cheatle as reports suggest the former Secret Service director wanted to destroy cocaine found at the White House last year

People online slammed the ousted Secret Service chief as she and other top officials wanted the cocaine discovered at the White House to be destroyed before further testing could take place.

One person said, "Even though she resigned I hope they bring her back for more questioning. She was very evasive and on the defensive last time, and it came across that she just didn't care about what happened."

Another person argued, "First off the lockers i am betting are assigned to a specific person at the time the key is given! I am guessing the last person that used it took their other items and the bag dropped out so why haven’t they figured it out yet? They know who it belongs to."

Another person claimed, "The mere fact that she wanted the evidence discarded pretty much tells who it belonged to. The DNA tie makes it pretty solid."

One person asserted, "The Secret Service failed to interview a single person regarding what was found, and then said they couldn't not find who left it there even though each locker is signed out and issued a key for it."

Another person noted, "Obstruction of justice and tampering with evidence via destruction."

Finally, this individual commented, "That's why they "never found out" who it belonged to in the most secure building in America."

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