At Trump’s Mar-a-Lago beach retreat, hundreds of customers — and growing security concerns
By David A. Fahrenthold , David A. Fahrenthold Reporter covering the Trump family and its business interests. Email Bio Follow Devlin Barrett , Devlin Barrett Reporter focusing on national security and law enforcement Email Bio Follow Josh Dawsey and Josh Dawsey Reporter covering the White House Email Bio Follow Ellen Nakashima Ellen Nakashima National security reporter Email Bio Follow April 3 at 8:02 PM Presidents used to vacation in seclusion — at a ranch in Texas or a beach house in Hawaii.
But to protect his business, it has also required the Secret Service to defer to Mar-a-Lago staffers and allow in some visitors who are not on the list.President Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla., shown Wednesday. [Chinese woman carrying thumb drive with malware arrested at Mar-a-Lago] She described a situation in which the Secret Service is dealing with two missions, to keep the president safe and to keep his customers happy.
Zhang is in jail, charged with making a false statement to a federal officer and entering a restricted area. On Monday, a federal judge will decide whether she should remain in custody. Mar-a-Lago stretches the full width of narrow Palm Beach island, off the coast of South Florida. It features a beach club, a main building with dining and living rooms, two ballrooms, six hotel suites and an attached house where Trump lives.
When Trump is present, guests say, the first stop for visitors is a security screening in a parking lot across the street from the club. The Secret Service confirmed as much in its statement about Zhang’s arrest. “The Mar-a-Lago Club’s management determines which members and guests are granted access to the property,” the agency said.
In the case of Zhang, the Chinese woman arrested Saturday, she arrived at the first security checkpoint, in the parking lot across the street, and said she was headed to the club’s pool. She was not on the list. According to charging documents, a Mar-a-Lago staffer still allowed her in because the club “believed her to be the relative” of a club member whose name was also Zhang, prosecutors said.
There is a Chinese entrepreneur named Charles Li, with a group called the United Nations Chinese Friendship Association, who has sold package tours in China that included tickets to galas at Mar-a-Lago, according to reporting by the Miami Herald.
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