Emails Show D.C. Party Crashers Did Not Have Invites

Mihaele and Tareq Salahi infamously crashed President Barack Obama's very first state dinner, but when it was revealed that they had made it into the party without an invite, they vehemently denied that they crashed the party. Now, the couple has confirmed that they trolled around the White House without an invite in the hopes of gaining last-minute approval.

Michele Jones, a special assistant to Defense Secretary Robert Gates, repeatedly told the couple in emails that they were not on the guest list and that it "doesn't seem likely" that they would be able to attend. On the day of the dinner, Jones told the couple she would call or email them "one way or another" to let them know.

At some point that day, Jones told the couple that they were not on the guest list. In a final email to Jones after rubbing elbows with the nation's elite at the state dinner, the Salahis claimed they never got the message because their cellphone battery died. In the email sent at 1am, they gushed:

"You're an angel! I just got your message now . . . But obviously, it worked out at the end . . . We ended up going to the gate to check in at 6:30 p.m. to just check, in case it got approved, since we didn't know, and our name was indeed on the list!"

According to the Secret Service, their names were not on the list.

Unconcerned about how the Salahis gained entrance to the event, Jones responded:

, "I here [sic] the smile in your e-mail and am delighted that you and Michaele had a wonderful time. :-)"

The Salahis denied crashing the party on NBC's "Today Show":

"I can tell you we did not party-crash the White House," Tareq Salahi said. Michaele added, "We were invited, not crashers, and there isn't anyone who would have the audacity or the poor behavior to do that. No one would do that, and certainly not us."

Due to the breach, the Secret Service will be changing some of its screening policies.