Security at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club Scrutinized After Chinese Woman’s Arrest
- Feds probing possible Chinese intelligence operation: Herald
- Suspect found to carry phones, thumb drive with malware
Mar-a-Lago resort is seen on April 03, 2019 in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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Congressional Democrats demanded fresh scrutiny of security risks at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club after the arrest of a Chinese woman who managed to pass Secret Service screening, highlighting concerns about the president’s use of his Florida resort.
The suspect, Yujing Zhang, was initially allowed onto the Palm Beach property by the Secret Service. She was later detained after entering a restricted area with four mobile phones, a laptop computer, an external hard drive and a thumb drive found to contain malware, according to an affidavit the service filed in support of the charges against her.