Chinese national arrested for alleged trespass at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago despite court ban

Authorities on Friday ordered a Chinese national detained on trespassing charges after he allegedly tried to gain access to President-elect Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.

Police arrested Zijie Li, a 39-year-old Chinese national, on Thursday after he arrived at the estate gate via Uber. according to to the Associated Press. Li violated a specific court directive to avoid the premises, following his previous attempts to gain entry.

Living on a student visa in a Los Angeles suburb, Li was recently released from a psychiatric hospital where he had been placed in late October after his discovery near Mar-a-Lago, AP reported. He now faces two misdemeanor charges.

BREAK Three people have reportedly been charged with involvement in an Iran-linked attempt to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday.

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Li’s arrests are part of a trend of security breaches involving Trump, including a near-fatal sniper attack on a building in Pennsylvania. collection in July and an incident in September involving an alleged attempt murderer targeted him at the Trump International Golf Club. Although several unauthorized entries to Mar-a-Lago occurred during Trump’s presidency, including two by Chinese nationals, none of the previous raids involved attempts on his life, the AP reported. (RELATED: ‘We Didn’t Concede’: How Donald Trump Blew Up the Obama Coalition to Win Popular Votes)

The Ministry of Justice charged three men in connection with an Iran-linked plot aimed at assassinating Trump, officials revealed Friday. Arrests include New Yorkers Carlisle Rivera and Jonathon Loadholt. Iranian citizen Farhad Shakeri is still at large and is believed to be in Iran.

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