Security questioned after arrest at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club
Published Thursday, April 4, 2019 1:39AM EDTBEIJING -- Chinese diplomats have been informed of the arrest of a Chinese woman at U.S President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club over the weekend and are providing her with consular services, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
Agent Samuel Ivanovich wrote in court documents that Zhang told him that she was there for a Chinese American event and had come early to familiarize herself with the club and take photos, contradicting what she had said at the checkpoint. He said Zhang said she had travelled from Shanghai to attend the nonexistent Mar-a-Lago event on the invitation of an acquaintance named "Charles," whom she only knew through a Chinese social media app.
There is no indication Zhang was ever near the president or that she personally knew Cindy Yang, a Chinese native, Republican donor and former Florida massage parlour owner who made news recently after it was learned she was promising Chinese business leaders that her consulting firm could get them access to Mar-a-Lago, where they could mingle with the president.
Archived images of the United Nations Chinese Friendship Association's website, which has since been taken down, show that the organization advertised itself as a non-profit registered with the U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs. A page of "registration documents" purports to show certificates from the States of Delaware and New York, as well as a screenshot of a listing on the U.N.'s official website.
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