White House gatecrash

TWO US senators have urged authorities to pursue criminal charges against the Virginia couple who crashed a White House state dinner.

“You’ve got to send a strong deterrent that people just don’t do this kind of thing,” Democrat Evan Bayh said.

Republican Jon Kyl said: “If it’s a federal crime to lie to a federal agent, and these people didn’t tell the truth about their invitation, then they should be in some way brought to justice...”