On July 2, 2023, the United States Secret Service found a small plastic bag containing less than a gram of powder cocaine inside the White House.
[6] While conducting routine patrol of the White House, Secret Service agents found a powder in a small, clear plastic bag.
[8] Two senior law enforcement officials told CBS News that the FBI analysis found 207.6 mg (.007 ounces) of cocaine.
[1] A large number of people transit the area where the cocaine was found, including tourists, visitors, staffers, facilities operations workers, and military personnel.
[15] Various Republicans used the discovery of the cocaine as a source for innuendo about the president's son, Hunter Biden, who is in recovery from drug addiction.
[17] No evidence links Hunter or Joe Biden to the cocaine, and the president and his family were at Camp David during the weekend when the drug was discovered.
[20] Trump's former White House press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany said, "For it to be Hunter Biden, he left on Friday, he was at Camp David, there is no way, it is inconceivable to think cocaine could sit for a 72-hour-period so I would rule him out at this point.