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Undated: Mar-a-Lago
is a resort and
National Historic Landmark in
Palm Beach, Florida, built from 1924 to 1927 by cereal-company heiress and
socialite
Marjorie Merriweather Post. The 128-room, 62,500-square-foot[4]
mansion contains the Mar-a-Lago Club, a members-only club with guest
rooms, a spa, and other hotel-style amenities. It is located in
Palm Beach County on the Palm Beach
barrier island, with the
Atlantic Ocean to the east and Florida's Intracoastal Waterway to the west.
At the time of her death in 1973, Post bequeathed the property to the
National Park Service, hoping it could be used for
state
visits or as a
Winter White House, but because the costs of maintaining the property
exceeded the funds provided by Post, and it was difficult to secure the facility
(as it is located in the flight path of Palm Beach Airport), the property was
returned to the Post Foundation by an Act of Congress in 1981.[5]
In 1985, Mar-a-Lago was purchased by
Donald
Trump.[6]
His wife at the time,
Ivana
Trump, was charged with running the property.[7]
Trump retained Mar-a-Lago through both of his divorces. His family maintains
private quarters in a separate, closed-off area of the house and grounds.[8]
Trump has frequently visited there as President of the United States,[9]
referring to it as the
Winter White House and his "Southern
White House." Mar-a-Lago has been used to host meetings for President Trump
and international leaders, including Prime Minister of Japan
Shinzō
Abe and Chinese Paramount leader
Xi Jinping.
It is the second largest mansion in the state of Florida and the
20th largest mansion in the United States.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar-a-Lago
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November: The Ironic History of Mar-a-Lago
... A deep dive into an obscure archive reveals that the Palm Beach property had
once been envisioned as a “Winter White House”
The woman who built Mar-a-Lago in the 1920s and presided over it for almost half
a century, Marjorie Merriweather Post, had gone to great lengths to turn the
mansion into an official wintertime presidential retreat.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/history-mar-a-lago-180965214/
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January 4: “It Was Camelot on Steroids”:
Trump, Marla, the Beach Romp, Anti-Semitism, and the Epic Battle for Mar-a-Lago
Back in the mid-90s, Trump was a nearly bankrupt
grifter who fell in love—with a beachfront resort. In order to save Mar-a-Lago,
he took on Palm Beach, went to war with the National Enquirer, and
race-baited. It was the fight of his life, according to the author of
Mar-a-Lago: Inside the Gates of Power at Donald Trump’s Presidential Palace,
and it may have informed everything that came after.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/01/trump-marla-and-the-epic-battle-for-mar-a-lago
April 2:
Woman From China Carrying Malware Arrested After Entering Mar-a-Lago
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/us/mar-a-lago-zhang-chinese-secret-service.html
April 15: Chinese woman arrested at Mar-a-Lago
is denied bail
Yujing Zhang has remained behind bars since March 30 when federal prosecutors
say she lied to Secret Service agents to gain entry to the private club.
"It does appear to the court that she was up to something nefarious when she
tried to gain access to Mar-a Lago," ... the U.S. does not have an
extradition treaty with China.
Zhang told federal agents and club staff members conflicting stories when she
tried to gain entry to the members-only resort last month, according to a
criminal complaint.
Zhang was discovered carrying two passports, four cellphones, a laptop, an
external hard drive and a thumb drive containing computer malware, according to
her criminal complaint. When agents searched her hotel room, they found a device
for detecting hidden cameras, several debit and credit cards, and $7,500 in
cash, according to court papers.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/chinese-woman-arrested-mar-lago-denied-bail-n994641
April 15: Prosecutor backtracks on malware
claims in Mar-a-Lago breach
A thumb drive obtained from the woman charged with breaching security at
President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort may not have contained malware after
all, federal prosecutors admitted in federal court Monday.
Yujing Zhang, 33, is charged with unlawfully entering a restricted zone and
lying to Secret Service agents.
After her arrest, court filings alleged that she was carrying a thumb drive with
malware, but it may have actually been a "false positive."
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/15/politics/mar-a-lago-malware/index.html
April 26: Trump Says Mar-A-Lago Can’t Find
US Workers To Hire. New Documents Show Dozens Applied.
Trump often says his resorts have no choice but to hire foreign guest workers —
there just aren’t any Americans to take the jobs. But government records show
nearly 60 US residents applied for those jobs, and only one was hired.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kenbensinger/mar-a-lago-rejected-dozens-of-americans-in-favor-of-foreign
May 1: Mar-a-Lago sent White House a $1,000
liquor bill after aides helped themselves to bar
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/441599-mar-a-lago-sent-white-house-a-1000-liquor-bill-after-aides-helped
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May 1: A Mar-a-Lago bar tab is the latest
ethics controversy involving Trump's businesses and the government
A new controversy has emerged over a Mar-a-Lago bar tab that was charged to the
State Department.
The incident in question occurred in April 2017 when President Donald Trump and
his advisers had a private meeting at the Mar-a-Lago library bar with Chinese
President Xi Jinping and his closest advisers,
according to the podcast "Trump, Inc.," as covered by ProPublica.
Six days later, on April 13, Mar-a-Lago created a bill for those drinks,
tallying $838 worth of alcohol plus a 20% service charge. It covered 54 drinks
(making for an average price of $18.62 each) of premium liquor: Chopin vodka,
Patron and Don Julio Blanco tequilas and Woodford Reserve bourbon. Watson’s
email did not specify how many people consumed the alcohol or who the
participants were. (It stated that she was told the participants included
then-strategist Steve Bannon and then-deputy chief of staff Joe Hagin. Bannon,
who has said he stopped drinking years ago, said he didn’t drink at Mar-a-Lago
and didn’t recall the episode. Hagin did not respond to requests for comment.)
https://www.salon.com/2019/05/01/mar-a-lago-charges-taxpayers-after-white-house-officials-run-up-a-bar-tab-report/
Undated: Thousands march near Mar-a-Lago to
protest President Trump
A large group of protesters marched from downtown West Palm Beach to President
Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort .... And a group of supporters defended the president
nearby.
https://www.wptv.com/news/news-photo-gallery/photos-thousands-march-near-mar-a-lago-to-protest-president-trump#
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