Prosecutors Backtrack on Claim That Mar-a-Lago Intruder Had Malware

  • Yujing Zhang a flight risk, judge rules in denying bail
  • Chinese woman lied her way into president’s resort, U.S. says

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U.S. prosecutors are backtracking on a claim a Chinese woman brought a malware-infected thumb drive to President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.

The initial determination that the drive was infected may have been a “false positive,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Rolando Garcia said Monday at a bail hearing for Yujing Zhang.