Trump touted evidence-free theories that the drug was "for the use of" President Joe Biden and Hunter Biden and that Special Counsel Jack Smith was involved.
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Trump floats flurry of theories on cocaine found at White House
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Ex-Trump official defends Hunter Biden over cocaine accusations
Although nobody has confirmed whether Hunter Biden actually lives at the White House, the White House press pool confirmed that the first son was at the executive mansion on Friday when he decamped with the first lady to join President Joe Biden at Camp David for a second weekend in a row. While…
Trump touted evidence-free theories that the drug was "for the use of" President Joe Biden and Hunter Biden and that Special Counsel Jack Smith was involved.
Some have baselessly linked the president's son to the discovery of a white powder identified as cocaine in the West Wing of the White House on July 2.
Former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany eliminated Hunter Biden as a suspect in the Biden administration's cocaine bag scandal despite the president's son's well-documented history of drug use.
White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates could not say whether or not the cocaine found at the White House on Sunday belong to Hunter or President Joe Biden, citing the Hatch Act.
