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Gatecrashing couple silent at US Congress hearing
(China Daily)
Updated: 2010-01-22 09:25
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White House gate crashers Tareq and Michaele Salahi invoked their US constitutional right against self-incrimination Wednesday, refusing to answer a House committee's questions about their uninvited appearance at a state dinner for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
The jet-setting couple repeatedly said they were remaining silent on advice of their lawyer, but that did not prevent members of the Homeland Security Committee from peppering them with questions about how they got through Secret Service checkpoints on Nov 24.
A US grand jury is also investigating the Salahis to learn how they got past the Secret Service, which protects the president, without invitations and shook hands with President Barack Obama.
