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from CNN
The White House says the Salahis were not invited, but their lawyer, Paul W. Garner, "states emphatically that the Salahi’s did not ‘crash’ this event," according to a statement from the couple’s publicist, .Mahogany Jones
Also Friday, an investigation has found that Secret Service agents did not follow protocol at a security checkpoint at the event, the agency said.
"The Secret Service is deeply concerned and embarrassed by the circumstances surrounding the State Dinner on Tuesday," the agency said in a statement Friday. "The preliminary findings of our internal investigation have determined established protocols were not followed at an initial checkpoint, verifying that two individuals were on the guest list."
"Although these individuals went through magnetometers and other levels of screening, they should have been prohibited from entering the event entirely. That failing is ours," the statement said.
Two Secret Service agents visited a Virginia winery Friday to say they wanted to question the couple, according to the winery’s manager.
Diane Weiss, manager at the Oasis Winery in Hume, Virginia, said the agents wanted to speak with the Salahis. Weiss said she didn’t know their whereabouts.
The Warren County Report, a local newspaper, quoted Weiss as saying the agents said they wanted to speak with the couple and not arrest them. It also quoted her as saying that the Salahis live in Linden, Virginia, but receive mail at the winery.
And the agents said it was "imperative" that investigators speak with the couple and that they would "take whatever action" is necessary if they did not, the paper quoted Weiss as saying.
Michaele Salahi has not been back to Twitter or Facebook since Wednesday morning.
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