Split verdict in Mar-a-Lago intruder case: Chinese tourist guilty of resisting an officer
Lu Jing, 56, told the court Tuesday that she understood club security “didn’t want me there” after she went through the open front gate of the private, members-only club in Palm Beach on Dec. 18. She left, only to return to the president’s primary residence through an un-gated service road accessible from South Ocean Boulevard. Prosecutors called Lu’s escapade into Mar-a-Lago a “calculated decision.
Lu’s daylong trial Tuesday notably revealed details about security at Mar-a-Lago. At one point, a state prosecutor asked Mar-a-Lago security guard Murray Fulton to point out in open court the exact location of various security cameras guarding the property on an aerial photograph. State prosecutors pointed out that Lu then came back through a side entrance, walked 125 yards onto the grounds and resumed taking pictures. Staff called police.
Lu faces up to a year in prison on the count of resisting, a misdemeanor. She continues to be held in the Palm Beach County Main Detention Center, where she has been confined since her Dec. 18 arrest. She likely faces deportation.Lu’s arrest came amid rising concern over potential Chinese spy activities in South Florida, which has spawned an investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Miami.
“This is not an honest mistake,” said Palm Beach County Assistant State Attorney Alexandra Dorman. “This was a calculated decision.”
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