Secret Service investigating "non-hazardous" item that prompted White House shutdown on Sunday
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Washington — The White House went into a "precautionary closure" on Sunday night as U.S. Secret Service officers investigated an "unknown item" that was found in the complex, the agency said Tuesday.
Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said the D.C. Fire Department was called to evaluate the item, which it determined was "non-hazardous." It was sent to be evaluated further, and there is a pending investigation into how it got into the White House.
The Washington Post reported that a preliminary test indicated the substance that prompted the evacuation was cocaine. The Post cited two officials familiar with the matter and an apparent recording of a radio message from a responding D.C. Fire hazmat team that said the substance tested positive for the drug.
