Why werent the salahis prosecuted

If they are indicted and convicted, I hope they receive the maximum penalty, including jail time, to achieve maximum deterrence.

But maybe, miraculously, viewers who watch theses shows precisely because they are so tasteless do have some limits. Perhaps if the Salahis are cast, Bravo viewers will have hit bottom, and will boycott any show that stoops so low as to feature those willing to engage in such a reckless stunt. My impression of the Salahis is that, for them, if there is anything worse than criminal convictions and incarceration, it is not being cast on reality TV. Davis, a Washington lawyer and former special counsel to President Clinton from , served as a member of President George W.

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We live in a world of reality television in which egotists try to be famous for three minutes and land an appearance on the talk shows. The bigger question is what example this sets for our kids. If we glorify the actions of people like the Salahis and don't hold them accountable, how do we teach our kids what is right and what is wrong?

The Salahis claim there's more to the story. Their lawyer says they weren't crashing the party, but the Secret Service says otherwise.

Charge them, prosecute them, and if a D. Make an example out of them. Then next November when the president is pardoning the Thanksgiving turkey, he can pardon them too. And after the pardon, as is traditional for the turkeys whose lives are spared, they can go live in Disney World -- a fantasy world that seems to be the perfect place for this pair. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Ed Rollins. Share this on:. President Obama greets Michaele Salahi in a reception line at Tuesday's state dinner.

The White House says she wasn't invited. But Paul Gardner, the Salahi's attorney, has suggested this was a misunderstanding. Over the weekend, the Secret Service took full responsibility for the Salahis' breach, saying in a statement by director Mark Sullivan that the agency is "deeply concerned and embarrassed" by the apparent breakdown in security. The Secret Service interviewed the couple over the weekend and sometime this week will work with prosecutors to decide if they should be charged.

Among the charges that may be considered are trespassing and lying to a federal officer. Any decision will likely rely on what was said by the couple to secret service officials. Did they lie, mislead--or just grin and walk? It could have been very easy to make a phone call or get on a radio and verify if someone was on a list. This is still our responsibility as we've said from the beginning," Donovan said. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss. Secret Service director Sullivan and the Salahis themselves will be called to testify, Thompson says.

In recent years several congressional committees have examined accusations of mismanagement at the Secret Service, including concerns of inadequate resources at the agency, potential inaugural security vulnerabilities, insufficient diversity in the ranks, and morale issues plaguing the Service's Uniformed Division. In the hours before the state dinner , the Salahis visited an upscale salon and spa in Georgetown, where they prepared for their evening in the spotlight. On Nov. But Salahi didn't 'wow' the staff of Gomez's salon: after the marathon session, she left no tip, Gomez said.