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Trump's Florida club warned over maskless New Year party

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/afp/01/15/mar-a-lago-estate.jpg"/><figcaption>The US flag flies over the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida on December 30, 2020. Amid reports that US President Donald Trump intends to live full-time at Mar-a-Lago after he leaves office, some of Trump’s neighbors have pointed out the 1993 agreement that allowed the developer to turn the 118-room mansion into a private club, but it also blocked Trump from living at the property. <em>Agence France-Presse</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MIAMI - President Donald Trump&#x27;s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida has received a warning from county authorities, following video of the luxury retreat&#x27;s New Year&#x27;s Eve party that showed a crowd of revelers ignoring COVID-19 restrictions.</p><p>Despite a county rule that requires masks when not eating or drinking, &quot;it seemed that based on the video evidence, there was a breakdown in enforcement of the mask orders that led to almost the entire room of guests being without masks during the later evening activities,&quot; said the warning letter and notice of violation from Palm Beach County, which was obtained Thursday by AFP.</p><p>The January 12 letter was addressed to the vice president and director of Mar-a-Lago, Bernd Lembcke, after one of the president&#x27;s sons, Donald Trump Jr, posted a video of the festivities on social media.</p><p>&quot;Ok this is amazing. Vanilla Ice is playing the Mar-a-Lago New Year&#x27;s Eve party. As a child of the 90s you can&#x27;t fathom how awesome that is,&quot; the younger Trump commented on a video he posted showing the rapper singing his 1989 hit &quot;Ice Ice Baby.&quot;</p><p>In the clip, a maskless crowd dances and sings in front of the stage, without regard to social distancing.</p><p>The county warned that Mar-a-Lago could face a fine of up to $15,000 &quot;if there are future violations of the county&#x27;s Covid-19 related orders.&quot;</p><p>President Trump and first lady Melania had been expected to attend the New Year&#x27;s party at the Palm Beach resort -- about 70 miles (115 kilometers) north of Miami -- but they both returned to Washington earlier that day.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/09/28/20/18-revelations-from-a-trove-of-trump-tax-records">18 revelations from a trove of Trump tax records</a></li></ul><p>lm/acb/bfm</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KE3e2EZT-m4?enablejsapi=1"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>MIAMI - President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Florida has received a warning from county authorities, following video of the luxury retreat's New Year's Eve party that showed a crowd of revelers ignoring COVID-19 restrictions.</p>

MIAMI - President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Florida has received a warning from county authorities, following video of the luxury retreat's New Year's Eve party that showed a crowd of revelers ignoring COVID-19 restrictions.