The D.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control Board struck down a challenge to Trump International Hotel’s liquor license by a group claiming President Trump was “not of good character.”
The board dismissed the complaint Wednesday because the Trump Organization proved “that the purported group of eight residents and property owners does not contain at least five residents or property owners” in Washington, D.C. The complaint was dismissed without standing.
This was the group’s second attempt to shut down the hotel’s liquor license. The board rejected the initial complaint because they had already given the license to the hotel. The renewal for the hotel’s liquor license was in May.
The group had made their complaint against the hotel’s license based on their claim that Trump lacks character.
“Donald Trump, the true and actual owner of the Trump International Hotel, is not a person of good character,” the group said in their complaint. “[H]e has told, his involvement in relevant fraudulent and other activity demonstrating his lack of integrity, and his refusal to abide by the law or to stop associating with known criminals.”
