Former Secret Service Agent: ‘Simply No Way’ Agency Didn’t Identify Cocaine Culprit
Former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino, host of “The Dan Bongino Show,” has blasted the agency for not identifying the person who left cocaine in the White House — arguing that there is “simply no way” that they don’t know who the culprit is.
While the Biden administration has announced that the Secret Service investigation concluded without identifying a suspect, a security source has told Soldier of Fortune magazine that the person was identified via fingerprint analysis but the public will never know. Many critics, including veteran investigators, have accused the Secret Service of a “cover-up.”
During an exclusive interview with Breitbart News at the Turning Point Action Conference in West Palm Beach, Florida, Bongino discussed his views of “Cocaine-Gate” and how he believes the investigation should have played out.
“Listen, I love the Secret Service… My experience in the Secret Service is 80% of the guys are great and 20%, you know, not terrible, but not so much,” Bongino said.
“You don’t really find that in any other organization. Having said that, I have to look at this objectively now. I’m on the media side now. It’s not my job to be a propagandist for anyone. I can tell you, I’ve probably received no less than 50, let’s just say, communications from retired friends of mine who are disgusted by this. There is simply no way they do not know who that person [is],” he added.
Bongino went on to discuss the logistics of “Cocaine-Gate.”
“The East Wing, the residence side, tons of people go through there: ushers, tour groups, everything. The West Wing is tiny. It’s no bigger than a big apartment in Manhattan like a rich person would have. It’s not life you saw in the TV show the West Wing where they are walking down these expansive hallways. There’s none of that. The hallways are like maybe ten yards long — it’s a big circle,” he explained.
“So on the weekends, it’s really limited. There’s probably less than 1,000 people who went through there. So you’re telling me with a straight face that a non-porous substance, a plastic baggie, where a latent print could be pulled easily, that you couldn’t find a print, and then you’re telling me you really couldn’t narrow down the suspects?” Bongino asked, noting that it is shocking that someone was able to bring white powder “maybe 100 feet away from the president where those cubbies are.”
“Listen, I’ve defended them when I thought they got a rough shake, not this time, man. That director needs to tighten it up,” he added, referring to Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle.
Bongino concluded that the American people will likely never know who left cocaine in the White House, while begging the Secret Service not to “burn that agency to the ground like the FBI did.”
“Listen man, the government is so messed up and so corrupt right now, it’s really sad… But let me tell you this — I’m just looking in the camera and begging the Secret Service leadership now: just don’t do to America what the FBI did,” he said.
“I mean, that’s a respected institution, pretty much non-partisan, worthy of trust and confidence — that’s their motto, it literally says ‘worthy of trust and confidence.’ Don’t burn that agency to the ground like the FBI did. We can’t take anymore,” Bongino added.
