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Tareq and Michaele Salahi listen to their attorney at a hearing Wednesday.
Tareq and Michaele Salahi listen to their attorney at a hearing Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON — 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.

A federal grand jury is investigating the Salahis to learn how they got past the Secret Service on Nov. 24 without invitations and shook hands with President Barack Obama. The Associated Press

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