Chinese National Sentenced For Unlawful Entry At Mar-a-Lago

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL — Chinese national Yujing Zhang has been sentenced to eight months in prison for making unlawful entry into restricted buildings or grounds at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort and lying to Secret Service agents.

The 33-year-old was also sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Roy K. Altman in Fort Lauderdale to two years of supervised release.

President Trump was traveling to Sunrise, Florida on Tuesday for an evening campaign rally.

"Zhang fraudulently gained entry onto the restricted grounds at the Mar-a-Lago Club, where the U.S. president and other persons protected by the U.S. Secret Service were temporarily visiting," federal prosecutors said in announcing the sentence.

Secret Service agents detained Zhang at the main reception area based on what they described as her suspicious actions.

"Zhang was then escorted off the property for further questioning," prosecutors said. "During questioning, Zhang repeatedly misrepresented to U.S. Secret Service agents that she was at the Mar-a-Lago Club to attend a United Nations Friendship Event.”

The sentence was announced Tuesday by U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan in Miami, Special Agent in Charge Brian Swain of the U.S. Secret Service Miami Field Office, and Special Agent in Charge George L. Piro of of the FBI Miami Field Office.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Rolando Garcia and Michael Sherwin.