Ex-border patrol chief suggests Biden is ‘roadblocking’ Secret Service search for cocaine culprit
The investigation into who brought cocaine into the White House should already be a closed case, according to former border commissioner and former FBI agent Mark Morgan.
With four days and all hands on deck, Morgan hyperbolized when speaking to DailyMail.com that the mystery could be solved in “30 minutes.”
He suggested the White House may be setting up roadblocks while the US Secret Service (USSS) investigates the matter, claiming the investigation is “not complicated.”
‘Such research is quite simple. Anyone who enters the White House is manifested,” he said, adding, “They know who comes in, they know when they came in, they’re being monitored and there are video cameras everywhere.”
A uniformed Secret Service agent found cocaine in the White House on Sunday. This led to a dangerous situation and a brief evacuation of the building. President Joe Biden was not on site at the time as he continued his long weekend with family at Camp David.
Former CBP Commissioner and longtime FBI agent Mark Morgan told DailyMail.com that the Secret Service should have already solved the mystery of who brought cocaine into the White House
Morgan (pictured at a White House briefing in November 2019) suggested the Biden administration is “blocking away” the Secret Service investigation
When first dispatched from the discovery site, it was noted that white powder substance had been found in the “library”, but USSS later said this was incorrect – and the actual location of the dime-sized bag was a pocket in the West Wing that was used to store cell phones.
Morgan says he is well acquainted with the cubbies where the cocaine was allegedly discovered. He described the storage areas as lockboxes and said you would use a physical key to lock your belongings in the cubicle when you enter certain areas of the White House, such as Oval Office or Situation Room.
He had to use the cell phone lockers when attending White House meetings when he was Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Acting Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) under former President Donald Trump.
USSS has repeatedly said that DailyMail.com cannot comment on an ongoing investigation.
However, Morgan insists the investigation should already be completed because there’s “forensic evidence, controlled access, cameras, witnesses, the manifesto of who’s actually coming to the White House and who’s going through those areas, and a limited time frame.” ‘
“They have so much information,” he said. Again, when I say 30 minutes I’m funny, you know. My intention was actually that, when it comes to serious investigations, this is a fairly simple investigation.’
he added [in a top priority investigation]as he directed during his decades with the FBI, “you get people, you download the tapes, you watch the tapes, you interview people.”
“My question is how much of that has been done?” Morgan posed and suggested that USSS could be prevented by the White House from carrying out the normal procedure necessary to investigate a “top priority case.”
“And a lot of that can be influenced by the White House,” he explained. “This would probably go to the deputy chief of staff to coordinate with the Secret Service. So my question is the Secret Service says, “Hey, we need to interview XYZ.” Can they interview those people?’
USSS said cocaine was found in a West Wing work area — and follow-up reports revealed it was discovered in a lockbox used by White House visitors to stash their cell phones during meetings
An initial report from the Washington DC Fire Department suggested the cocaine had been found in the library of the executive mansion
“Can they go in and do surveillance footage if they need to? Can they talk freely to the people they should normally speak to for this research?’
‘Don’t know. Those are good questions that I can’t answer.’
Morgan disputed that the safe deposit boxes, especially one specific bank with card boxes, are not located in high foot traffic areas — as described by White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre during her Wednesday briefing.
Trolls online immediately speculated that the cocaine belonged to President Biden’s recovering addicted son, Hunter, 52.
Morgan claims it could be a high-ranking official or another person invited to visit the White House.
“I think my dear — the research assumption, there’s still a lot we don’t know — but it was more than likely someone who didn’t work permanently in the White House,” he told DailyMail.com “Because, again, [permanent staffers] wouldn’t use that box.’
“That doesn’t mean it can’t be someone high up in the administration, because even as a commissioner or secretary, if you come into that area and you have your cell phone, you should put your cell phone in that room. box,” he clarified.
Trolls online immediately said the president’s son, Hunter Biden, 52, is responsible for bringing cocaine into the White House. Hunter is a recovering addict and was an added user of crack cocaine
Morgan added, “I’m assuming it probably wasn’t someone who works in the White House permanently, day in and day out, but that doesn’t mean it couldn’t be someone in a higher position. position in the White House who would come there for a meeting.”
Anyone with tenure in the White House, Morgan claims, would simply leave their cell phones or other electronic devices in their office when attending secret meetings.
He also downplayed reports and suggestions that the cocaine could belong to anyone passing through the area, such as maintenance or cleaning workers or members of the construction crew.
‘Yeah, none of those [staff] would use that booth,” he said. “I mean, I just don’t see why a construction worker would use something like that.”