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U.S. NEWS Wednesday 3 april 2019

Chinese woman carrying malware allegedly got into Mar-a-Lago

tation of an acquaintance Ivanovich said Zhang car- making false statements
named “Charles,” whom ried four cellphones, a lap- to federal agents and ille-
she only knew through a top computer, an external gally entering a restricted
Chinese social media app. hard drive and a thumb area. She remains in custo-
Ivanovich said she then de- drive containing computer dy pending a hearing next
nied telling the checkpoint malware. She did not have week. Her public defend-
agents she was a member a swimsuit. er, Robert Adler, declined
wanting to swim. Zhang is charged with comment.q

This Nov. 23, 2018 file photo shows President Donald Trump’s
Mar-a-Lago estate behind mangrove trees in Palm Beach, Fla.
Associated Press
By TERRY SPENCER when she got inside, agents
Associated Press say, telling a front desk re-
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. ceptionist she was there to
(AP) — A woman carry- attend the United Nations
ing two Chinese passports Chinese American Asso-
and a device containing ciation event scheduled
computer malware lied to for that evening. No such
Secret Service agents and event was scheduled and
briefly gained admission to agents were summoned.
President Donald Trump’s Agent Samuel Ivanovich
Mar-a-Lago club over the wrote in court documents
weekend during his Florida that Zhang told him that
visit, federal prosecutors al- she was there for the Chi-
lege in court documents. nese American event and
Yujing Zhang, 32, ap- had come early to familiar-
proached a Secret Service ize herself with the club and
agent at a checkpoint out- take photos, again contra-
side the Palm Beach club dicting what she had said
early Saturday afternoon at the checkpoint. She
and said she was a mem- showed him an invitation
ber who wanted to use in Chinese that he could
the pool, court documents not read. He said Zhang
said. She showed the pass- was taken off the grounds
ports as identification. and told she could not be
Agents say she wasn’t on there. Ivanovich said she
the membership list, but became argumentative,
a club manager thought so she was taken to the lo-
Zhang was the daughter of cal Secret Service office for
a member. Agents say that questioning.
when they asked Zhang There, he said, it became
if the member was her fa- clear Zhang speaks and
ther, she did not answer de- reads English well. He said
finitively but they thought it Zhang said she had trav-
might be a language bar- eled from Shanghai to at-
rier and admitted her. tend the nonexistent Mar-
Zhang’s story changed a-Lago event on the invi-