Donald Trump made a bold claim about who was responsible for leaving cocaine in the White House in 2023 after the Secret Service said it could not identify a suspect.

The Secret Service launched – and ultimately closed – its investigation in July 2023 after the small bag of cocaine was found inside a cubby near the White House’s West Wing entrance on July 2 of that year.

The cubbies are usually used by visitors to the White House as they are instructed to place belongings there when visiting the building for a tour, however the Secret Service noted that hundreds of people have access to the area.

With no security camera footage of the incident, the Secret Service was left with little idea as to who the drugs might have belonged to.

However, Trump has his theories.

The cocaine was found in a cubby near an entrance (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The current president shared his thoughts when he was joined by reporter Ben Domenech for an interview published in The Spectator World today (February 28), in which he was asked: ” So… who actually left the cocaine in the White House?”

Trump appeared to have no hesitation with his response, as he immediately claimed his predecessor might have had something to do with the incident.

He said: “Well, either Joe or Hunter [Biden]. Could be Joe, too.”

At this point, it’s worth noting that then-president Joe Biden and his family were at Camp David in Maryland at the time the cocaine was found.

Trump continued: “OK, so that was such a terrible thing because, you know, those bins are very loaded up with… they’re not clean, and they have hundreds and even thousands of fingerprints. And when they went to look at it, it was absolutely stone cold, wiped dry. You know that, right? […]

Joe Biden was at Camp David when the cocaine was found (Teresa Kroeger/Getty Images for World Food Program USA)

“And there were fingerprints. I mean, if you went to one, maybe we’re cleaner, but if you went to one at any time, you would see hundreds. Everybody in there would leave a fingerprint when they went in and that thing was wiped out with, with the strongest form of alcohol.”

At the time, the Secret Service said the bag of cocaine was ‘subjected to advanced fingerprint and DNA analysis’, however the lab results ‘did not develop latent fingerprints and insufficient DNA was present for investigative comparisons’.

Trump went on to tell Domenech he was ‘going to look into’ the matter, claiming: “Bad stuff happened there.”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has issued a statement following his heated discussion with Donald Trump and JD Vance at the Oval Office today.

US President Donald Trump, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US Vice President JD Vance met at the White House’s Oval Office in Washington DC, earlier today (February 28).

Vance proceeded to accuse Zelenskyy of being disrespectful towards both the US and President Trump, telling him he ‘should be thanking the president’.

In a clip from the meeting, the Ukrainian president reflects on how ‘during the war, everyone has problems’ and just because those in the US don’t ‘feel it now’ doesn’t mean they won’t in ‘the future’.

Trump then butts in, arguing he’s ‘trying to solve a problem’ and saying Zelenskyy is in ‘no position’ to tell them ‘what [they’re] going to feel’.

Raising his voice, Trump continues: “You’re in no position to dictate what we’re going to feel. We’re going to feel very good. We’re going to feel very good and very strong. You’re right now, not in a very good position, you’ve allowed yourself to be in a very bad position.

“You don’t have the cards right now. With us, you start having cards … You’re gambling with the lives of millions of people! You’re gambling with World War Three! You’re gambling with World War III. And what you’re doing is very disrespectful to the country – this country.”

As a Twitter user wrote: “Jesus F**king Christ! Watching Trump yell and demean the Ukrainian President is completely disrespectful. What a disgrace.”

And Zelenskyy has since taken to the social media platform to speak out following his visit to Washington, writing: “Thank you America, thank you for your support, thank you for this visit.

Zelenskyy has released a statement on Twitter following the heated exchange with the POTUS (Twitter/ @ZelenskyyUa)

His tweet continues: “Thank you @POTUS, Congress, and the American people. Ukraine needs just and lasting peace, and we are working exactly for that.”

This comes after Trump issued a statement of his own, penning on his social media platform Truth Social: “We had a very meaningful meeting in the White House today. Much was learned that could never be understood without conversation under such fire and pressure.

“It’s amazing what comes out through emotion, and I have determined that President Zelensky is not ready for Peace if America is involved, because he feels our involvement gives him a big advantage in negotiations.

“I don’t want advantage, I want PEACE. He disrespected the United States of America in its cherished Oval Office. He can come back when he is ready for Peace.”

Donald Trump’s immigration officers have been under pressure to increase their arrest numbers to ensure the President keeps his promise he made to the public.

Ahead of becoming US President for a second time, Donald Trump told his supporters that he would be tough on immigration.

Since taking office, he has seemingly been on job to ensure he keeps this promise, as immigration officers have so far made a staggering number of arrests.

Kush Desai, spokesman for the White House, praised the administration’s quick movement on immigration, and said: “After four years of the Biden administration’s outright incompetence and negligence, the Trump administration has re-established a no-nonsense enforcement of and respect for the immigration laws of the United States.”

ICE officers have made a staggering number of arrests (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other law enforcement partners have conducted raids and arrests of undocumented immigrants across the country since January 20.

This has resulted in a very high number of individuals being detained by authorities. So much so that, under Trump, officers could more than double the 113,000 arrests the agency made in Fiscal Year 2024 under Biden.

The spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Tricia McLaughlin, said that in just one month the DHS has arrested more than 20,000 people who have a criminal background.

She added that of those arrested, 22 were known suspected terrorists and 640 were suspected gang members.

ICE initially broke down their daily arrest numbers by highlighting how many people had committed crimes, however, they have since stopped doing this.

On the highest day for arrests that ICE has disclosed, roughly half of those picked up by immigration officers had a criminal background.

Donald Trump is reportedly still not happy with the speed of deportations (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Desai also said: “Hundreds of violent, predatory, and gang-affiliated criminal illegal aliens have already been rounded up and deported by ICE since President Trump took office — and the Trump administration is aligned on securing our borders and ensuring that mass deportations are conducted quickly and effectively to put Americans and America First.”

But despite this seemingly unprecedent pace, Trump isn’t exactly happy about the speed of deportations.

A source says Trump is ‘angry’ with the progress being made to deport people, NBC News reports.

So much so, Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting Director Caleb Vitello has since been transferred to a different role, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told Politico, with an unannounced replacement set to take the reigns and double down further.

A murdered woman dubbed the ‘Jeweled Mom’ has finally had her identity revealed decades later.

In 1982, the remains of a deceased woman were discovered by a real estate agent in Loxahatchee, Florida. The deceased had died as a result of being shot in the head, and her death was ruled as a homicide.

There was limited information about the victim at the time, other than her being white and that she was presumed to be between the ages of 24 to 34.

It was also believed that the unidentified woman was a mother and had given birth to one or two children, CBS reports.

A sketch of the woman (Othram Inc.)

Police attempted to piece together and DNA profile for the murdered mom, but they struggled to positively identify her.

Instead, the woman earned the name ‘Jeweled Mom’ due to the accessories that were discovered on her.

As per a news release, the mom was found with ‘a silver handcrafted heart-shaped pinky ring, a gold mariner’s anchor necklace with a 180-degree twist, a wristwatch, a four marquis cut ring, and a diamond ring with 14K white gold setting’.

The case had long remained cold until the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office teamed up with Othram — an American corporation specializing in forensic genetic genealogy — in 2021.

The murdered mom was wearing five pieces of jewelry at the time of her death (CW34)

With the help on modern day technology, the woman has finally be identified as Leona Jean Keller, who was 37 years old when she died.

Othram used a DNA sample from someone who is thought to have been related to Keller, which lead to her identification 43 years after her death.

Original evidence taken back in the 1980s was also given to Othram, which assisted them in creating a more comprehensive DNA profile.

“Forensic evidence was submitted to Othram’s laboratory in The Woodlands, Texas where scientists successfully developed a DNA extract from the evidence,” the news release explained.

Leona Jean Keller has been identified as the deceased (Othram)

“Using Forensic Grade Genome Sequencing, a comprehensive DNA profile was built for the unknown woman. Othram’s forensic genetic genealogy team then used the profile in a genealogy search which resulted in new leads about the woman’s identity.

“These leads were provided to investigators who launched a follow-up investigation.”

The leads then helped investors find possible relatives of Keller’s, which ultimately lead to her positive identification.

Keller represents the 36th case in the State of Florida where officials have publicly identified an individual using technology developed by Othram.

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