#shorts On 7/5/2023, a reporter asked White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “excuse me — as you’ve now been referring multiple times to this investigation and to the White House’s confidence that they will get to the bottom of it, I’m wondering if you can be a bit clearer about what exactly the scope and mission of the investigation is and what exactly getting to the bottom of it means.

Is this simply a fact-finding mission to determine whether potential security protocols were either insufficient or violated in this case? Or is this with an eye towards potential criminal prosecution of an individual who’s bringing a banned substance into the West Wing? And would there then be consequences either for that individual or a — if they were a guest of a White House staffer, that staffer?

KJP: So, look, the second part of your question is speculation, and I’m just not going to get into speculation from here. What I can say is, again, Secret Service is looking into this. They’re looking to what happened

On 7/5/2023, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked a surprising number of questions from reporters at briefing on the subject of the discovery Sunday of cocaine in the West Wing. First and foremost, Jean-Pierre wanted everyone to know that Joe, Jill, Hunter and the entire Biden family were away from the White House starting Friday and did not return until Tuesday. The Bidens spent the long holiday weekend at Camp David, returning on Tuesday for the Fourth of July celebration at the White House where Hunter was given pride of place on the Truman Balcony during the fireworks show. Jean-Pierre strongly inferred West Wing visitors were to blame for the cocaine, saying the discovery was made in a “heavily traveled” area of the West Wing and that tours had taken place there on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/g3dFHv0oZys
Q: WH referring multiple times confidence to the bottom of it? A: not going to get into speculation