White House Guest’s Criminal Background Catches Administration By Surprise
At a White House event in support of extending unemployment benefits for those who have lost their jobs recently, President Obama was joined by several Americans who would potentially benefit from the measure after recently losing their jobs. Among them was Leslie Macko, a woman who had lost her job as an aesthetician in a spa. Except Macko hadn’t lost her job precisely because of the economy; she had pleaded guilty to felony charges.
Macko had been previously in trouble with the law for larceny charges, and a month before she lost her job pleaded guilty to felony prescription drug fraud. The White House was not aware of this information until after she had appeared beside the president. Asked about it at the daily briefing, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs responded to a question about Macko by reassuring the press that “had that type of information been known… she would not have participated it the event here.” Which answers the question of how Macko got onto the White House lawn (no one in power knew of her past), but leaves unanswered how it was possible for Macko to get through the White House’s background check to get there.
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