- Senator Ted Cruz and co-host Ben Ferguson on Friday discussed the discovery of cocaine in the White House on Sunday
- The Secret Service is investigating and carrying out DNA and fingerprint analysis: the drug was found in a cubby at an entrance to the West Wing
- Joe Biden and his son Hunter were at Camp David at the time: Cruz said he does not think recovering cocaine addict Hunter was involved
Ted Cruz has said he does not believe Hunter Biden was responsible for the cocaine found on the White House grounds – instead claiming it was a senior White House official.
On Thursday, it was revealed the bag of powder was found near the White House’s West Executive entrance, not the West Wing lobby, as previously stated.
That entrance – which is in the West Wing but on the floor below the lobby – is also a heavily trafficked area, a description White House officials have used as a way to explain their doubts the culprit will be found.
Joe Biden and his son Hunter, a recovering cocaine addict, were at Camp David when the discovery was made.
On Friday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre refused to say whether the Biden family had been officially ruled out, but would not give any details on the investigation. The Secret Service are carrying out DNA and fingerprint analysis to try and find out who brought it to the White House grounds.
‘You know, there has been some irresponsible reporting about the family and so I’ve got to call that out here,’ the press secretary said.
‘And I have been very clear.’ Cruz on Friday accused the White House of a ‘cover up’, which he said was ‘astonishing’.
‘You know, my guess is it probably isn’t Hunter’s,’ said Cruz, speaking on Friday’s episode of his podcast, Verdict.
‘I don’t know that, obviously. We know that Hunter has a drug problem. We know that he has used cocaine and use crack cocaine in the past.
‘But I doubt Hunter Biden is going in the West Wing all that often and going in that entrance all that often.’
The Texas senator speculated that a ‘senior Biden official’ was responsible.
