The White House confirmed this Wednesday that the powder found on Sunday in a crowded area of the building was cocaine and stressed that neither the president, Joe Biden, nor his family were at the official residence.
The presidential spokeswoman, Karine Jean-Pierre, indicated that the investigation is in the hands of the Secret Services and she trusted that they will investigate what happened, which led to a brief evacuation of the White House.
“I want to make it clear that this is a very busy area. It’s the part where visitors go to the West Wing. I don’t have anything else. I’m not going to speculate who did it,” he said.
Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement Tuesday that the White House building was evacuated as a precaution Sunday night following the discovery of “an unknown item,” preliminary analysis of which revealed it to be cocaine. .
The substance was detected in a routine surveillance round of the building and firefighters ordered an evacuation.
Source: TSF
