Hunter Biden White House 'Sniffing' Video Goes Viral After Cocaine Find

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Numerous conservative social media users have shared a video with claims that it shows President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, "sniffing" an unknown substance at the White House—although that is far from evident from the images.

The unverified claims come shortly after the White House was evacuated following the discovery of cocaine in the West Wing. Newsweek reached out to the White House via email for comment and to a legal firm that has represented Hunter Biden.

Steve Guest, a former communications adviser to Texas Senator Ted Cruz, shared a video showing the Biden family at the White House on the Fourth of July, asking followers to provide their own captions. The tweet prompted several other Twitter users to share the video with many suggesting that it showed Hunter Biden using cocaine.

Twitter user Team USA wrote, "Is Hunter Biden sniffing something here?"

Conservative Twitter user Rogan O'Handley shared the video and wrote, "Nothing to see here. Just a video of Hunter Biden allegedly doing a bump of cocaine at the White House in front of children. But don't worry - the media said the bag of blow found at the WH wasn't Hunter's!"

Anthony Guglielmi, a spokesman for the Secret Service, told Newsweek on Monday that cocaine was found in the White House by officials with the Uniformed Division of the Secret Service as they were conducting routine checks throughout the building.

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Hunter Biden walks to a waiting SUV after arriving with US President Joe Biden on Marine One at Fort McNair in Washington, DC, July 4, 2023, as they return to Washington after spending the weekend... Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty

A source involved in the investigation also previously told Newsweek that the cocaine was found in a "work area" of the White House's West Wing.

While officials never said who left the cocaine in the White House's West Wing, a number of social media users joked that it could be connected to Hunter Biden, who has previously admitted having had an addiction to crack and cocaine.

Several other social media users also suggested that the video could show Hunter Biden using cocaine.

"WOW - Check out this video footage of Hunter Biden sniffing something near children during the 4th of July party at the White House. What other footage of Hunter Biden is the White House hiding from the American people?" Twitter user The Trump Train wrote.

Conservative commentator Ian Miles Cheong shared the video and wrote, "What's Hunter doing? Is that what I think it is?"

Twitter user Matt Wallace wrote, "NEW VIDEO APPEARS TO SHOW HUNTER BIDEN SNIFFING COCAINE IN FRONT OF KIDS AT THE WHITE HOUSE."

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Matthew Impelli is a Newsweek staff writer based in New York. His focus is reporting social issues and crime. In ... Read more