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From CBS News: A Chinese citizen from Southern California was arrested again after trying to gain entry into Mar-a-Lago on Thursday while President-elect Donald Trump was on the property, Palm Beach Police said Friday.
Zijie Li, 39, had been Baker Acted by Palm Beach police on Oct. 30 and was released Thursday. He returned to Mar-a-Lago, 100 S. Ocean Blvd., around 5 p.m., according to an arrest report.
Early Wednesday, the former president declared victory at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, which is miles 5 west of Trump’s home.
Palm Beach Police detectives assigned to the protected area of Mar-a-Lago were notified that an Uber with Li as a passenger had stopped at the south gate entrance. United States Secret Service personnel staff the entrance along with Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office deputies and Mar-a-Lago security, according to the arrest report.
The report explains that officials held Li until police arrived, and he was arrested at 5:17 pm. He was booked into the Palm Beach County Jail at 11:10 pm, and on Friday, a judge ordered Li to be held on a $100,0000 bond. His next court date is scheduled for Nov. 21.
This is the same man who was apprehended MULTIPLE times as he was trying to get onto the Mar-a-Lago estate back in July. He had only been given a trespassing warning and was released. He was caught on July 19, July 30, July 31, and again on October 30. Now he has returned on Thursday, Nov. 7, just two days after Election Day.
A statement on the police report reads: “The Palm Beach Police Department in speaking with the United States Secret Service believe that with the increased attempts by Li to gain entrance into Mar-a-Lago in an effort to make contact with the President-Elect that another incident with Li could result in the necessity to use an escalation of enforcement to prevent Li from gaining access to Mar-a-Lago.”
Li, a Chinese citizen, is in the United States on a student visa. He applied for a concealed weapons permit in 2023, but was denied.
WATCH the CBS News report below for more details:
A Chinese citizen from Southern California was arrested again after trying to gain entry into Mar-a-Lago on Thursday while President-elect Donald Trump was on the property, Palm Beach Police said.https://t.co/6pl4aC6oV9
— CBS News Miami (@CBSMiami) November 8, 2024
Below is our report on Li’s earlier arrests in July for trying to get into Mar-a-Lago.
BREAKING: Chinese citizen arrested after repeatedly trying to get into Trump’s Mar-a-Lago
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