Party-Crashers Got Close to Obamas Before

The Secret Service admitted the obvious today, saying that security measures “weren’t followed” at Tuesday’s White House dinner, which a Virginia couple auditioning for a reality show crashed. And, the Washington Post reports, it appears the couple got pretty close to the president-elect during inauguration festivities, even posting a photo on Facebook of them in the glass-enclosed box from which the Obamas watched the Lincoln Memorial concert.

Tareq and Michaele Salahi will appear Monday with CNN’s Larry King, part of a media blitz promised by their publicist. And, sources say, their spot on the upcoming Bravo series Real Housewives of Washington seems secure, and that crashing the state dinner was more about keeping up appearances. “I don’t think they’re afraid of being cut: They create a lot of drama on the show,” the source said. “What they’re struggling to do is maintain or create the illusion of being power players in DC.”
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