Jury acquits Chinese woman of trespassing at Mar-a-lago
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A Florida jury acquitted a Chinese woman Wednesday of trespassing at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-lago resort after she testified she didn’t understand a security guard who told her to leave.
However, jurors did find Jing Lu, 56, guilty of resisting a police officer without violence during her Dec. 18 arrest.
Prosecutors told jurors that Lu purposely intruded in a “calculated” and “planned” manner. She has been in custody since her arrest because her visa to remain in the United States has expired.
Prosecutors said she ignored a warning to leave the grounds, returned through a side entrance and continued taking pictures.
Mar-a-lago is now Trump’s official residence, but he was not in Florida when Lu was arrested.
Testifying through an interpreter, Lu said she paid $200 for a Chinese guide to drop her off at various South Florida locations. She said the language barrier prevented her from understanding a security officer’s orders to leave the property.
Security guard Murray Fulton told jurors he used hand gestures to make his warnings clear to her.
Lu’s tour guide then took her to Palm Beach’s Worth Avenue shopping district, where she was stopped by two Palm Beach police officers. They testified that she wouldn’t consent to being questioned and resisted when they tried to handcuff her.
Lu testified that she was scared when the officers approached her, adding that she didn’t know why she was being handcuffed.
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