FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) – A Chinese businesswoman was found guilty Wednesday of committing an intrusion at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club and lying to agents. secret services.
The federal jury of 10 women and two men made their verdict after four hours of deliberations on Wednesday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in the Yujing Zhang affair. The 33-year-old Shanghai business counsel is risking up to six years in prison when she is sentenced on 22 November.
The defendant did not react to the reading of the verdict. She then spoke calmly with the federal marshals, discussing what would happen with her legal papers. She smiled at her public reserve defenders and was led by the marshals.
Zhang acted as his own lawyer after sacking his public defenders in June.
She was arrested on March 30 after the authorities said that she had lied when she informed a secret service agent that she had come to visit the pool. This led to confusion as to whether she was the daughter of a member. She was taken to the lobby where she then told a receptionist that she was there for a friendly event organized by the United Nations that night and that she had come early to take pictures. This event was canceled and prosecutors said that Zhang had been informed.
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PALM BEACH, FL – NOVEMBER 12: (MINIMUM PRICES ARE APPLICABLE, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR ACCOUNT.) Location settings photographed before guests arrive for the wedding reception of Donald Trump Jr. and Vanessa Trump at the club Mar-a-Lago November 12, 2005 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Evan Agostini / Getty Images)
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The agents took Zhang to a secret service area near Mar-a-Lago, where agents say it became argumentative. She was taken to the Foreign Service Field Office in West Palm Beach.
Prosecutors said Zhang was carrying four mobile phones, a laptop and an external hard drive, telling agents she feared she would be stolen if she left them in her hotel room. However, when officers searched his room at a nearby hotel, they discovered more electronic equipment, including a device for detecting hidden cameras, $ 8,000 in cash, and numerous credit and debit cards. She did not face any charges of espionage.
Zhang's public defenders said prior to their dismissal that she had come to Mar-L-Lago, confident that the UN group would hold a dinner that night. social media. They indicated a receipt that Zhang had received from Charles Lee, a Chinese national who promotes such events in Mar-a-Lago, as well as a flyer that she had available to promote it.
Lee was head of the UN China Friendship Association, which was not affiliated with the UN, and had been photographed at least twice with Cindy Yang, a Republican donor and former owner of the United Nations. massage parlor in Florida, which had organized events in Mar-a-Lago.
The president and his family were visiting Mar-a-Lago on the weekend of his arrest, but he was at his nearby golf club when she arrived and she was never there.
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