The FBI has opened a new investigation into the 2023 discovery of cocaine at White House during Joe Biden's tenure, according to a report.
According to a Mail Online report, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said that he has requested weekly briefings on the progress of the case to ensure consistent oversight.
Moreover, the FBI will also reopen an investigation into the leak of the Supreme Court's draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade in 2022, added the report.
Both incidents have been popular talking points on America's right.
The discovery of a small bag of cocaine in a cubby near the West Wing entrance two years ago sparked a wave of speculation from Republicans.
More from United StatesAmong the most vocal was then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, who claimed it was unlikely the drugs belonged to anyone other than President Biden or his son Hunter, despite the fact that the Biden family was not in Washington at the time.
At the time, a White House spokesperson dismissed the accusations as “incredibly irresponsible.”
The leak of the Supreme Court’s draft opinion ending the constitutional right to abortion, published by Politico on May 2, 2022, drew sharp condemnation from Trump. He labeled the source of the leak as "slime" and called for the journalists involved to be jailed until they disclosed the leaker’s identity.
Separate investigations into both the cocaine discovery at the White House and the Supreme Court leak — conducted by the Secret Service and the Court itself — concluded without identifying those responsible.
Bongino has previously claimed, without providing evidence, that whistleblowers contacted him with suspicions that evidence from the cocaine incident could be linked to someone within President Biden’s inner circle.
Bongino also announced that the FBI will allocate additional resources to its investigation into the placement of pipe bombs outside the Democratic and Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington.
The devices, which were safely defused, were planted the night before the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot, during which Trump supporters attempted to prevent the certification of Biden’s 2020 election victory.
The individual responsible for planting the bombs has not yet been publicly identified.
With inputs from agencies
