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Eugene

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Wed Sep 11, 2019, 06:10 PM Sep 2019

Chinese woman Yujing Zhang found guilty on two counts related to Mar-a-Lago security breach

Source: CNN

Chinese woman found guilty on two counts related to Mar-a-Lago security breach

By Elizabeth Joseph, CNN
Updated 2010 GMT (0410 HKT) September 11, 2019

Fort Lauderdale, Florida (CNN) — Yujing Zhang, the Chinese woman arrested at Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump's private Florida club, earlier this year, has been found guilty on counts of unlawfully entering a restricted building and making false statements to a federal officer.

Prosecutors called nine witnesses in a trial that lasted two days. Zhang chose to represent herself during the trial with assistance from the Federal Public Defender's office and court-appointed translators.

Zhang was soft-spoken Wednesday, as she has been all week, before being escorted away by marshals. She will remain in custody until her sentencing in late November. She faces up to six years in prison.

Jurors did not begin deliberations with their minds made up, and were not fazed by the attention on the trial, juror Nibaldo Padilla told CNN in an interview after the verdict was read shortly after 2 p.m. ET.

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Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/11/politics/mar-a-lago-yujing-zhang-trial/index.html
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Chinese woman Yujing Zhang found guilty on two counts related to Mar-a-Lago security breach (Original Post) Eugene Sep 2019 OP
If only she had paid up front. Marcuse Sep 2019 #1
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