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The 'Real' Michaele and Tareq Salahi? New Book Will Tell Alleged Crashers' Tale
By Annie Groer - Politics DailySo . . .Nearly 10 months after Tareq and Michaele Salahi burst onto the global stage by allegedly crashing President Barack Obama's first state dinner, investigative reporter Diane Dimond has whipped out "Cirque Du Salahi: Be Careful Who You Trust." Starting Wednesday, you can wallow in all things Salahi via a $15.99 paperback. Or you can just watch a promo video, complete with ominous music and popping flashbulbs and Salahi photos, which promises "the truth about this most compelling couple. Are they squeaky clean? Not by a long shot." But in screaming red letters, perhaps to echo ...
Bravo Considered Axing 'Real Housewives' After Salahis' Gate-Crashing
By Annie Groer - Politics DailyMichaele and Tareq Salahi's White House gate-crashing last November -- and the possibility of criminal charges being brought against the couple -- almost drove Bravo officials to kill "The Real Housewives of Washington, D.C." Shooting was nearly finished at the time the couple breached White House security without an official invitation. "It was either going to be, we kill the show altogether or we do it with Michaele," Andy Cohen, a Bravo vice president told the New York Times. "Her story from the beginning is so intertwined with the other five that it would not have been possible to cut ...
Tareq and Michaele Salahi on 'Inside Edition': The Bleat Goes On
By Annie Groer - Politics DailyBy Friday, the fourth day of what already feels like a years-long publicity marathon, Tareq and Michaele Salahi -- aka the White House gate crashers and federal grand jury subjects -- sought to clarify a few things. "I know who I am and that's what helped me get through all the name-calling, 'fame whore,' and all that," Michaele told "Inside Edition," the celeb-heavy syndicated interview show that aired in Washington on Friday morning. The Fun Couple had gone party-hopping Wednesday night in a stretch limo with the requisite camera crew in tow for a short segment that took the ...
Salahis' Limo Stopped Near White House During State Dinner
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyIt's sketchy, but are they back? The Secret Service reportedly stopped a stretch limousine carrying Tareq and Michaele Salahi for running a red light near the White House on Wednesday night -- while a state dinner was underway for Mexican President Felipe Calderon, another grand event to which the Salahis' were not invited. ABCnews.com quoted Secret Service Agent in Charge Edwin M. Donovan as saying the limo ran a red light at Constitution Avenue and 15th Street, then signaled "that it was turning into the Ellipse parking area at 16th and Constitution, a restricted area." That's within ...
Tareq and Michaele Salahi, White House Party Crashers, Want Apology, Launch PR Blitz
By Annie Groer - Politics DailyBrace yourself, America. Tareq and Michaele Salahi -- brazen White House gate-crashers in the eyes of many, and the world's most misunderstood and maligned presidential invitees in their own minds -- have kicked off a nationwide ubiquity tour, presumably to gin up interest in their newest vehicle to fame if not fortune, Bravo's "The Real Housewives of DC." Oh, and let's not forget the action figures, 500-page book and Halloween costumes also in the publicity pipeline. With another state dinner on tap Wednesday, the timing must have seemed propitious. The blitz began Tuesday, when the ...
White House Dinner Crashers Take the Fifth
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Jan. 20) – White House gate crashers Tareq and Michaele Salahi invoked their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination Wednesday, refusing to answer a House committee's questions about their uninvited appearance at a state dinner. The jet-setting Virginia couple repeatedly said they were remaining silent on advice of counsel, but that didn't prevent members of the Homeland Security Committee from peppering them with questions about how they got through Secret Service checkpoints on Nov. 24. Tareq Salahi read an opening statement in which he offered to have the ...
Makeup Artist Erwin Gomez to Testify About White House Crashers Michaele and Tareq Salahi
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyCelebrity stylist Erwin Gomez (pictured, at right) will be testifying before a federal grand jury Tuesday morning, apparently in an investigation related to now-infamous White House state dinner crashers Michaele and Tareq Salahi. Both Gomez and "hair artist" Peggy Ioakim received subpoenas Friday to testify. The CEO of the Erwin Gomez Salon and Spa, James Packard-Gomez (also pictured), says that Ioakim has been called to testify at 11:30 a.m. and Gomez at 12:30 p.m. at the federal courthouse at Third Street and Constitution Avenue. The salon is being represented by the law firm Tobin, ...
3rd Uninvited Guest Got Into White House Dinner
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Jan. 4) - A third uninvited guest made his way into the White House state dinner for India's prime minister in November, the Secret Service said Monday. As the Secret Service was reviewing how an attention-hungry couple - Tareq and Michaele Salahi - got into the dinner without being on the guest list, officials discovered that a third person made it through security without an invitation as well. The Secret Service said the man - whom they would not identify - did not get close to the president or the first lady. The Washington Post, citing an anonymous congressional source, ...
Top 5 Most Outrageous Political Videos of 2009
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyPolitics in 2009 was pretty serious business, except when it wasn't. Some serious moments made for amusing parodies; others remind us that there can be an absurd quality to high-profile transgressions, criminal acts, and even death. So, please take a step back from the contentious nature of politics to enjoy some year-end, bipartisan, moments courtesy of YouTube. 1. "Don't Call Me Liz," as re-enacted on Keith Olbermann's show The e-mail chain between Elizabeth Becton (aka "Don't Call me Liz!") -- the scheduler for Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) – and a Democratic lobbyist's assistant was ...
Political Winners and Losers of 2009
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyMichelle Obama, Hillary Clinton and Sonia Sotomayor topped the list of who Americans thought were "political winners" this year while the prize for the biggest losers went to White House gate-crashers Tareq and Michaele Salahi, according to a Gallup poll conducted Dec. 11-13. ...
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