FBI Launches New Probes Into WH Cocaine, Dobbs SCOTUS Leak

Three of the biggest unsolved mysteries in recent political history are being reviewed by the FBI, deputy director Dan Bongino announced Monday.

Bongino, a former NYPD officer, Secret Service agent and conservative commentator, revealed on X that he and bureau Director Kash Patel had decided to “either re-open, or push additional resources and investigative attention” to the discovery of cocaine in the West Wing during the Biden administration, the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, and the planting of pipe bombs outside the Democratic and Republican national committees hours before the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

“I receive requested briefings on these cases weekly and we are making progress,” Bongino added in his post. “If you have any investigative tips on these matters that may assist us then please contact the FBI.”

Cracking the case

On July 2, 2023, a dime-sized bag of cocaine was discovered in the West Wing, forcing the evacuation of the White House.

A Secret Service agent had discovered the illegal drug in a cubby located in a vestibule one floor below the Oval Office and steps from the Situation Room during a routine sweep of the premises.

Then-President Joe Biden and his family, including first son Hunter Biden — who had struggled with crack addiction in the past — were at Camp David at the time to mark Independence Day weekend.

After 11 days of investigating, the Secret Service wrapped up its probe without identifying a suspect “due to a lack of physical evidence” and a supposed lack of cameras to capture who may have dropped off the baggy.

President Trump speculated in February that “either Joe or Hunter” left the illegal drug in the executive mansion.

Dobbs leak

In May 2022, Politico published a leaked draft of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Healthcare, upholding a Mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks and leaving regulation of the procedure up to each state.

The stunning leak set off protests at the homes of conservative justices and represented a devastating breach of long-respected confidentiality surrounding the high court’s deliberations.

In the end, Alito’s opinion hewed closely to the leaked draft, with the justice writing at one point: “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start. Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences. And far from bringing about a national settlement of the abortion issue, Roe and [Planned Parenthood v.] Casey have enflamed debate and deepened division.”

Chief Justice John Roberts promptly ordered an investigation, but after eight months, Marshal of the Supreme Court Gail Curley said in January 2023 that she and the court’s internal police force had been unable to identify the leaker.

DC pipe bomber

On the night of Jan. 5, 2021, someone carrying a backpack and wearing a grey-hooded sweatshirt, mask, gloves, glasses, and a pair of Nike Air Max Speed Turf sneakers dropped two pipe bombs outside Republican and Democratic headquarters in the nation’s capital.

While the explosives did not detonate, the FBI assessed that they were “viable.”

Then-Vice President-elect Kamala Harris visited the Democratic National Committee headquarters the next day, shortly before the Capitol riot began, and was evacuated after the pipe bombs were identified by a passerby.

The FBI has released surveillance footage and other evidence to the public in a bid to get assistance in identifying the suspect.

In a House GOP report released in early 2025, lawmakers claimed initial inquiries “yielded a promising array of data and revealed numerous persons of interest” — but “little meaningful progress” has been made since.

The bureau is offering a $500,000 award for information leading to a suspect’s capture and conviction.