Sec. of State Mike Pompeo links recent security breach at Mar-a-Lago by a Chinese national with a broader “threat” he said China poses to the U.S.
told CBS News
“The theft of American intellectual property is a big business to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars,” he said. The secretary of state’s remarks come just two days after President Donald Trump downplayed the security incident, calling it a “fluke.”filed against Chinese national Yujing Zhang, at around noon on Saturday, she appeared at a Secret Service checkpoint outside the president’s country club and presented two Chinese passports. There was some confusion over whether she was a relative of a club member, and Mar-a-Lago staff cleared her through the checkpoint, the complaint says.
A member of the Secret Service stands guard as President Donald Trump returns to Mar-a-Lago from the Trump International Golf Club on March 25, 2018 in Palm Beach, Fla.
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