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The Byron York Show

Cocaine runaround at the White House

The Byron York Show

Radio America

News Commentary, News, Politics

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Republicans in Congress are starting to ask questions about last weekend's discovery of a baggie of cocaine in the White House. On Friday morning, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY), best known as the chief investigator of Hunter Biden on Capitol Hill, sent a letter to Kimberly Cheatle, head of the Secret Service. "The presence of illegal drugs in the White House is unacceptable and a shameful moment in the White House's history," Comer wrote. "This incident has raised additional concerns with the committee regarding the level of security maintained at the White House." Comer requested a briefing for the committee by no later than next week.

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Byron Mort Show, the No-Chick Chat Podcast.

0:06.7

We like to get right into it, and then what we're going to get into today is what you

0:09.8

might call the cocaine runaround at the White House.

0:16.1

Now Republicans in Congress are starting to ask questions about the discovery more than

0:21.9

a week ago of a baggy of cocaine in the White House.

0:28.8

A few days ago, James Comer, you may know him as the House Oversight Committee chairman,

0:34.0

probably best know him as the guy who's investigating the Hunter Biden Joe Biden financial affairs

0:42.0

investigation on Capitol Hill. So a few days ago, he sends a letter to the head of the Secret

0:48.1

Service, Kimberly Cheetle, and the letter says, quote, the presence of illegal drugs in the White

0:55.8

House is unacceptable and a shameful moment in the White House's history. This incident has

1:02.1

raised additional concerns with the committee regarding the level of security maintained at the

1:08.0

White House. Okay, so Comer, you know, there's only so much given separation of powers, only so much

1:15.9

a member of Congress can do, but he requests a briefing for the committee by no later than next week.

1:23.5

Now, most of what the public knows, or maybe we're accurate to say, what the public thinks

1:30.8

it knows has come from unnamed sources in news reports. It has been very hard to get anybody

1:36.7

at the White House to reveal any details about what happened. So you've seen news reports,

1:43.0

what was found here, it was found there. It's a place where a lot of people go. It's a place where,

1:48.6

you know, nobody without a clearance could get there. You've seen lots of speculation about

1:54.1

stuff. But so most of what the public knows really does come from unnamed sources and press reports.

1:59.1

But if we're up to President Biden himself, you'd hear nothing. Last week, he had a photo op with

2:06.3

the Prime Minister of Sweden. That's Ulf Christerson, in case you don't know the Prime Minister of

2:14.4

Sweden. So a reporter says, Mr. President, do you know how cocaine got into the White House?

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