2023 White House cocaine incident

2023 White House cocaine incident
DateJuly 2, 2023; 16 months ago (2023-07-02)
LocationWhite House, Washington, D.C., United States
CauseDiscovery of a small plastic bag with cocaine
Outcome
  • Evacuation
  • Investigation
  • No charges or arrests

In July 2023, the United States Secret Service found a small plastic bag containing less than a gram of powder cocaine inside the White House.[1] The initial discovery prompted an evacuation of the White House. President Joe Biden and his family were at Camp David in Maryland at the time the cocaine was discovered.[2][3][4] The Secret Service initiated an investigation as to how the cocaine entered the White House.[5] The investigation yielded no forensic evidence and the Secret Service could not narrow below 500 the number of staff or visitors who may have left the cocaine; the investigation was closed after eleven days.[6]

  1. ^ Diamond, Jeremy (July 13, 2023). "First on CNN: Secret Service concludes cocaine investigation, no suspect identified". CNN. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
  2. ^ Yousif, Nadine (July 4, 2023). "Suspected cocaine found at White House sparking evacuation". BBC News. Archived from the original on July 8, 2023. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  3. ^ Long, Colleen; Balsamo, Mike (July 4, 2023). "Suspicious powder found at the White House when Biden was gone was cocaine, AP sources say". AP News. Archived from the original on July 8, 2023. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  4. ^ Mason, Jeff; Singh, Kanishka (July 4, 2023). "White powder found at White House identified as cocaine -source". Reuters. Archived from the original on July 8, 2023. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  5. ^ Rogers, Katie (July 4, 2023). "Secret Service Examining How Suspected Cocaine Ended Up at the White House". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 7, 2023. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  6. ^ Ainsley, Julia (July 14, 2023). "Why the Secret Service closed its investigation of cocaine found at the White House without conducting interviews". NBC News. Retrieved July 15, 2023.