May 25
Accused White House "party crashers," Tareq Salahi, left, and his wife Michaele "crash" David Letterman's monologue during a surprise appearance on the set of the 'Late Show."
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May 25
Tareq and Michaela Salahi appear on NBC's "Today" show in New York.
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Feb. 4
Tareq Salahi and his wife Michaele at a press conference for the USA Polo Team in Melbourne, Australia. Tareq is the captain of the team that will play against the Victorian representative team.
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April 8
Tareq and Michaele Salahi exit a limousine on their way into the "Hollywood vs. Bollywood" party in the Adams-Morgan neighborhood of Washington, DC.
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Jan. 20
Michaele and Tareq Salahi appeared before the Senate Homeland Security Committee who questioned the couple about their uninvited appearance at a White House state dinner.
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Jan. 20
Tareq Salahi sits alone at the table before his wife joins him. Tareq Salahi read an opening statement in which he offered to have the couple's lawyers provide information about their appearance at the dinner.
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Jan. 20
The Salahi's repeatedly said they were remaining silent on advice of counsel.
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Jan. 20
Michaele Salahi looks back to her attorney Stephen A. Best as she appeared before a Senate committee investigating how the couple managed to get through Secret Service at the White House.
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Jan. 20
Tareq Salahi reads his statement before The Committee on Homeland Security where he sates, "We reiterate that, on advice of counsel, we respectfully invoke our right to remain silent and will decline to answer any questions surrounding the circumstances around the events of Novermber 24, 2009."
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Jan. 20
Chairman Sen. Bennie Thompson questions the Salahi's. Thompson rejected the Salahi's offer to have the their lawyers provide information about their appearance at the dinner.
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Jan. 20
Attorneys Derek Anderson, Stephen Best, and the Salahi's leave the hearing. A federal grand jury is investigating the Salahis to learn how they got past the Secret Service without invitations.
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Jan. 20
Best, left, with Michaele Salahi, said his clients "maintain their absolute innocence and have not committed any criminal wrongdoing whatsoever.
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The aspiring reality-TV stars made headlines after showing up uninvited to the White House state dinner for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and making it past security checkpoints into the event.
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The Salahis were even able to meet and have their photo taken with President Obama.
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On Dec. 1, a week after the state dinner, the couple went on the "Today Show" and Michaele Salahi told Matt Lauer, "We were invited, not crashers."
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A screen grab taken from Michaele Selahi's Facebook page shows her posing with Marines at the state dinner.
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Another screen grab from Michaele Salahi's Facebook page shows her with Indra Nooyi, the chief executive of PepsiCo.
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The Salahis were photographed with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, but they listed him as "Ron Emanuel" on Facebook.
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The Virginia couple also were photographed with Vice President Joe Biden.
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Rumored cast members of the "Real Housewives of D.C." series include, front row from left, Mary Amons, Michaele Salahi and Catherine Ashley Ommanney. They're pictured with, back from from left, Tareq Salahi, celebrity hairstylist Ted Gibson and his partner, Jason Backe.
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Michaele Salahi, right, was at the Metromix Halloween party at Capitol Skyline Hotel with event emcee WUSA's Angie Goff, left, and Chandler Ramelli.
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Tareq and Michaele with his father, Dirgham Salahi, center, in 2007. Tareq and Michaele are embroiled in a legal battle with his parents over ownership of Oasis Winery in Virginia.
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Tareq and Michaele Salahi run the America's Polo Cup, which has also been called the America's Cup of Polo. Britain's Prince Charles, right, is a polo fan and spoke with the couple in 2007.
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In 2004, the Salahis attended the annual fundraising ball for the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts.
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Michelle Kellogg, Terri Crane Lamb and Michaele Salahi at a Redskins game at FedEx Field on Sept. 20, after a pre-game performance of alumni cheerleaders. Several former cheerleaders said in interviews that Michaele's presence at a rehearsal drew attention because of the TV cameras, but also suspicion because no one seemed to remember her as a cheerleader for the team.
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Tareq and Michaele Salahi prepare for a photo shoot with other models at Halcyon House in Georgetown on Dec. 1.
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Michaele Salahi is the tallest blond woman in center of photo during a Sept. 18 practice. "She was never at an audition, never at a game and never performed" as an original cheerleader, said Sheryl Olecheck, a Redskins cheerleader from 1986 to 1996 who choreographed the team for seven years. "When I saw her, I had to ask around: 'Who is that?' "
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Michaele and Tareq Salahi leave the Halcyon House in Georgetown after a photo shoot on Dec. 1, about a week after the state dinner. They continue to state they believe they were invited to the dinner.
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Michaele Salahi smiles for the cameras on Dec. 1. A day later, Tareq Salahi told NBC's Matt Lauer, "Our lives have been destroyed."
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The Salahis, above on Dec. 1, have also been accused of crashing a Congressional Black Caucus gala in September.
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Michaele and Tareq Salahi asked a Pentagon official, Michele S. Jones, for help with getting tickets to the state dinner. Jones said, "I did not state at any time, or imply that I had tickets for ANY portion of the evening's events."
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