FBI to probe Dobbs leak, White House cocaine

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is reopening or allocating new resources to several investigations into alleged public corruption, Deputy Director Dan Bongino said Monday. The cases are the leak of the Supreme Court’s draft opinion in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health abortion case, the 2023 discovery of cocaine at the White House, and the 2021 placement of pipe bombs at the Republican and Democratic National Committee buildings. Bongino said he was receiving weekly briefings on the cases and making progress.

The Secret Service previously closed its investigation into the cocaine incident. It said it lacked physical evidence, including security footage, to determine who placed the small bag of cocaine inside a White House vestibule. The Supreme Court also previously failed to identify a culprit responsible for the 2022 Dobbs leak after months of investigation.

What else did Bongino announce? He and FBI Director Kash Patel will soon release clarifying details likely relating to the death of Jeffrey Epstein. Bongino said he wanted to respond to some questions raised by an interview last week, in which he and Patel insisted the disgraced financier killed himself. Bongino and Patel also plan to finish hiring teams of new staffers to reform the agency by next week.

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