Jay-Z and Beyonce's Cuba Visit Deemed Legal by U.S. Government

Can they live?

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Last week, Jay-Z and Beyonce took a trip to Havana to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary and try out some salsa moves. It seemed like a romantic getaway until Republican members of Congress started questioning the validity of their trip, deeming it "tourism." 

Reuters reported that U.S. Representatives Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Mario Diaz-Balart—who both hail from Florida—sent a letter to the Office of Foreign Assets Control for the U.S. Treasury Department asking for, "information regarding the type of license that Beyoncé and Jay-Z received, for what purpose, and who approved such travel." A travel license is a requirement to travel to Cuba under a U.S. trade embargo against the country. 

This morning, during a press conference, President Obama's Press Secretary Jay Carney actually had to field questions about Hov and Bey's trip.  

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And he wasn't the only one.

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However, Reuters got to the bottom of the story to show that the trip was in fact legal.

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So umm...friends in high places? Shit, Jigga didn't help Obama win Ohio for nothing now did he? Besides, he's got five passports, he's never going to jail.

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