The FBI is refocusing on three, high-profile cases that emerged just before and during the Biden administration, Dan Bongino, the deputy director of the FBI, announced Monday on X.
“Shortly after swearing in, [FBI Director Kash Patel] and I evaluated a number of cases of potential public corruption that, understandably, have garnered public interest.
We made the decision to either re-open, or push additional resources and investigative attention, to these cases,” Bongino posted on X.
The White House cocaine case began when the drug was found stashed in a cubby hole near the Situation Room, where officials store cell phones during meetings.
Prior to taking a role at the FBI, Bongino had suggested the cocaine belonged to a member of the Biden family.
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said on X Monday that the agency is refocusing on three high-profile cases that surfaced during and shortly before the Biden administration.
The FBI wants to resurrect or devote more resources to cases that, according to Bongino, indicated “potential public corruption,” such as the investigation into two pipe bombs that were left unexploded near the headquarters of the Republican National Committee and the Democratic National Committee on January. 5, 2021, and a bag of cocaine found at the White House during the July 4 weekend in 2023.
The 2022 leak of the unpublished Supreme Court Dobbs ruling, which terminated federal protections for abortion, is the third case to come under renewed scrutiny. Chief Justice John Roberts ordered an eight-month investigation into the leak, but it failed to find the culprit.
“[FBI Director Kash Patel] and I examined several possible public corruption cases shortly after we were sworn in, which naturally attracted public attention. We have decided to either reopen these cases or give them more resources and investigative focus,” Bongino wrote on X.
“We are making progress,” he added, adding that every week I receive requested briefings on these cases. Please get in touch with the FBI if you have any investigative secrets about these issues that could help us. “..”.
The FBI did not respond to NPR’s request for more information prior to the publication of this story.
Since the devices were found more than four years ago, the pipe bomb case has remained unsolved. The FBI made new information and a video of a possible suspect dropping the pipe bombs outside the RNC and DNC buildings the night before the riot at the U.S. Capitol available in January. S. . capital. Authorities claimed to have screened through about 600 tips, examined 39,000 video files, and conducted 1,000 interviews, but the suspected bomber is still at large.
The drug was discovered hidden in a cubby hole close to the Situation Room, where officials keep cell phones while in meetings, sparking the start of the White House cocaine case.
The U. S. . About ten days after the dime bag of cocaine was first found on July 2, 2023, the Secret Service gave up on finding its owner due to a lack of tangible proof.
Bongino had claimed the cocaine belonged to a Biden family member before joining the FBI. “There’s absolutely ZERO chance anyone other than a family member brought that cocaine inside the White House complex,” he wrote on X a few days after it was discovered. “,”.
Visitors and tours frequently visit the West Wing, and President Biden and his family were not present at the time.
