The FBI is investigating whether the Chinese woman arrested Saturday at President Trump's private club Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, was working as a Chinese intelligence operative, people familiar with the matter told the Miami Herald.
The arrest of Yujing Zhang also revived an FBI investigation into possible Chinese spying in South Florida, the newspaper reports. Zhang was carrying a thumb drive with "malicious malware" on it when she was arrested, and has been charged with lying to a federal officer and entering restricted property.
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