Chinese woman Lu Jing found not guilty of trespassing at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort
- She was, however, found guilty of resisting a police officer without violence during her December 18 arrest, for which she faces up to a year in jail
- Lu, the second Chinese national charged with illicitly entering the Florida club in 2019, has been in custody since the incident because of expired US visa
A Florida jury on Wednesday found a Chinese woman not guilty of trespassing at US President Donald Trump’s part-time residence in Palm Beach.
But jurors did find Lu Jing, 56, guilty of resisting a police officer without violence during her December 18 arrest. The incident marked the second time in 2019 that a Chinese national was charged with illicitly entering Trump’s Florida resort.
Prosecutors told jurors that Lu purposely intruded in a “calculated” and “planned” manner. She has been in custody since then because her visa to remain in the United States has expired.
Lu, testifying through a Mandarin interpreter, said she paid US$200 for a Chinese guide to drop her off at various locations in South Florida. She said her language barrier prevented her from understanding a security officer’s orders to leave the property.