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Salahi Pays Debt With Fake Luxury Watch, Jeweler Says

WASHINGTON (Dec. 11) -- A couple that crashed a White House party turned over a watch to pay a landscaping debt, but a jeweler is saying it's a fake luxury timepiece. Tareq Salahi last week gave up his Patek Phillipe watch, and his lawyer said it would be worth more than enough to pay a $2,000 debt to a landscaper....

Party Crasher Resigns From Virginia Tourism Job

RICHMOND, Va. (Dec. 10) -- A Virginia man who crashed a White House state dinner without an invitation has resigned under criticism from the Virginia Tourism Authority board. Tareq Salahi resigned in an e-mail sent to Gov. Tim Kaine and Alisa Bailey, president of the Virginia Tourism Corp. Salahi and his wife, Michaele,...

White House Party Crashers to Be Subpoenaed

(WASHINGTON (Dec. 9) -- Congress authorized subpoenas Wednesday for the White House gate-crashers to testify about how the couple got into a state dinner without an invitation. Lawmakers on the House Homeland Security Committee voted Wednesday to compel the attention-hungry couple to answer questions about the Nov. 24...

The Secret Service Has Been Embarrassed Before

WASHINGTON – The Salahis were hardly the first to embarrass the Secret Service by crashing presidential security. And it will probably happen again. One man did it twice. The Rev. Rich C. Weber shook hands with President Clinton at his second inauguration, then was back four years later in 2001, welcoming President...

Salahis Fail to Show at Hearing

WASHINGTON (Dec. 3) -- This time, Tareq and Michaele Salahi really had an invitation. The White House gatecrashers had been summoned to appear before the House Homeland Security Committee to explain how they got past the U.S. Secret Service last week at a state dinner for the Indian prime minister. A nameplate reading...