You may want to sit down for this unexpected development, but the narrative surrounding the bag of cocaine found at the White House has changed again.

If you’ve been following this story from the beginning, you are probably aware of its many iterations. First, we were told that “cocaine hydrochloride” was found “near” the White House. The desired implication was that the cocaine was medicinal (in this case, an anesthetic nasal spray) and that it wasn’t actually found inside the buildings.

Things then shifted dramatically when reports, including from The Washington Post, said that the cocaine was actually found in the White House library. Suddenly, the story wasn’t just about some hazmat situation nearby, but that was hardly the only twist. By Tuesday, things had shifted further, this time with a claim sourced to the Secret Service that the cocaine was found “in a work area of the West Wing.”

(Related: Former Secret Service Agent Dan Bongino Blows Hole in ‘Visitor’ Theory as #CocaineGate Rages On)

That’s quite the progression given how simple it should have been to figure out the truth from the start, and sure enough, there’s a new development. According to the latest reports, the cocaine was found in a “cubby” at the West Executive entrance.

Wow. https://t.co/7I8nlAXcme pic.twitter.com/ywqNIaeEli

— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) July 6, 2023

MSNBC: White House now says cocaine found was near the West Executive entrance, closer to the Situation Room, “near where — for example — the Vice President's vehicle is parked.”pic.twitter.com/FrUcK5Jfj3

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) July 6, 2023

We have entered the realm of absurdity, and I don’t think anyone should be expected to believe these constantly shifting claims being bandied about by the White House. This latest iteration is especially convenient in that it puts the cocaine in a highly trafficked area where the administration can wash its hands of the issue. But ask yourself, if the cocaine was actually found where this latest claim says, why didn’t they just say that from the beginning? Whoever found the cocaine initially knew where they found it. It wasn’t some grand mystery, only revealed after several days. Yet, we’ve been left with no less than four different revisions of the location.

All the while, the idea that the Secret Service doesn’t have the means to quickly figure out who left the cocaine remains laughable. There are cameras everywhere at the White House outside of the family areas. Certainly, the West Executive entrance is covered in them. There’s been ample time to view the tapes at this point and release a conclusion.

Instead, the misdirection has been palpable, and this is all starting to feel like a cover-up. Ironically, this wouldn’t have even been a scandal had the White House just been honest from the beginning. That the story keeps changing raises all sorts of red flags, though.

From a purely speculative standpoint, there’s a certain president’s son with a sordid history of addiction who often resides at the White House. He would be in violation of his recent plea deal if he were found with cocaine. Is that what this is all about? We’ll probably never get an answer to that, but when an administration has such a history of dishonesty and continues to mislead the public, is it any wonder people would go there?