As Trump’s impeachment trial kicked off, Palm Beach argued about whether to evict him from Mar-a-Lago Antonia Noori Farzan
Replay Video UP NEXT On Tuesday, a somber group of elected lawmakers convened to debate a question that would have high stakes for former president Donald Trump. At issue was whether Trump had flagrantly violated commitments he’d once pledged to uphold, and if he should be held accountable for comments that his lawyers are now seeking to downplay. The setting? A virtual meeting of the Palm Beach, Fla., town council. While many Americans including Trump himself were following the impeachment proceedings in the U.S. Senate, elected officials in the affluent island community were preoccupied by a different argument about the former president. After discussing an inlet sand transfer and the purchase of a municipal generator, they turned their attention to whether Trump should be allowed to continue living at Mar-a-Lago, the pri
The town council addressed the issue of Trump s residency on Tuesday but did not take an official vote on the legal question, according to the Sun Sentinel. Trump has lived at the luxury resort since leaving the White House last month.
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Town Of Palm Beach Hears Arguments On Trump’s Permanent Move To Mar-A-Lago Full-Time
By Vanessa Romo
February 9, 2021
While the U.S. Senate began its second impeachment trial of Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, local lawmakers in the town of Palm Beach, Fla., also gathered to consider the former president’s fate – specifically, whether to let him live full-time at his sprawling private club, Mar-a-Lago.
In a presentation at the council, Palm Beach Town Attorney John Randolph sided with Trump’s own lawyer, arguing that the former president meets the definition of a “bona fide” employee of the swanky club, and therefore can legally reside there.