Sunday, June 2

Bookmakers peg Hunter Biden as favourite in White House cocaine whodunit

Oddsmakers have recognized Hunter Biden as the favourite within the White House cocaine thriller, however Travis Kelce and the Jonas Brothers aren’t out of the operating.

SportsBetting.ag launched odds exhibiting the president’s son main the listing at +170, which means {that a} $100 guess would web you $170 if Hunter Biden is discovered to be the proprietor of the cocaine discovered final weekend within the West Wing by the Secret Service.

Next on the betting line at +800 was NFL tight finish Travis Kelce, who visited the White House final month with the Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs, adopted by “One of the Jonas Brothers” at +1000. The singing Jonas trio visited the White House in December 2021.



It will get sillier from there. Other celebrities with odds embody Angelina Jolie, Snoop Dogg, Elton John, Matthew McConaughey and Tom Brady.

Last on the listing is President Biden himself at +15,000. The odds on first woman Jill Biden being the stash proprietor are barely higher at +10,000.

“Naturally, Vegas is taking bets on who brought blow into President Biden’s home,” mentioned SportsBetting.ag in a press launch. “Was it the president looking for a little extra go juice ahead of the busy holiday? Or perhaps a celebrity or athlete who recently visited? Of course, many are pointing the finger at Hunter Biden.”

Then once more, gamblers could by no means be capable to accumulate on such a guess. An “official familiar with the investigation” informed Politico that the wrongdoer could by no means be discovered, given the heavy foot site visitors within the space.

“Even if there were surveillance cameras, unless you were waving it around, it may not have been caught [by the camera],” mentioned the official, who spoke on situation of anonymity. “It’s a bit of a thoroughfare. People walk by there all the time.”

Casting doubt on the Hunter Biden principle was Ari Fleischer, who served as White House press secretary underneath President George W. Bush.

“I think the Secret Service is going to be able to run this down. Having said all that, I will also add the fact that it’s not in the mansion does make me doubt that it’s Hunter Biden’s,” Mr. Fleischer mentioned on Fox News Channel. 

“Hunter Biden would have had to leave the mansion, walk into the West Wing with his little bag, put it there when no one was looking,” he mentioned dubiously.

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre recommended Wednesday that the Bidens shouldn’t be suspects, on condition that the president and his family members left Friday for the vacation weekend.

“It is where visitors to the West Wing come through,” Ms. Jean-Pierre mentioned. “I’m not going to speculate on who it was.”

• Tom Howell Jr. contributed to this report.

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