White House crashers may face charges

The state dinner party crashers may face criminal charges, a Secret Service spokesman said today.

Michaele and Tareq Salahi caused an uproar this week when they made their way into the White House state dinner honoring the prime minister of India without an inviation. 

Mrs. Salahi is being considered as a cast member on Bravo's Real Housewives of DC. The couple, reportedly known for their social climbing, posted pictures of themselves at the dinner on Facebook.

Jim Macklin of the Secret Service tells CBS the couple may be charged with a crime:

Secret Service spokesman Jim Mackin says the agency is moving closer to beginning a criminal investigation. He says that's one reason the Secret Service hasn't yet explained what happened when Michaele and Tareq Salahi arrived at the security checkpoint Tuesday for the dinner honoring Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

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As for the criminal investigation into how the glamour happy couple wound their way into a high-security White House event, Mackin says there's less the Secret Service can say as the probe moves closer to a criminal investigation. He says the agency isn't leaving any options off the table at this point.

The couple's attorney has insisted that the White House "cleared" the Salahi's to come to the dinner, but administration officials say the couple was not on the guest list and should not have been let in.