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Town Of Palm Beach Hears Arguments On Trump's Permanent Move To Mar-A-Lago Full-Time

"We feel that this issue threatens to make Mar-a-Lago into a permanent beacon for his more rabid, lawless supporters," an attorney for a group opposing Trump's move to the club argued.
Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., shown last month. Former President Donald Trump hopes to live at the club full-time.

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

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