Brian Snyder / Reuters The president's liquor license for the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., appears to be safe for now. A citizen attempt to revoke President Donald Trump’s Washington, D.C., liquor license was thwarted Wednesday after officials decided it couldn’t belatedly rescind his selling rights over his “character.” Wednesday’s decision by the District of Columbia’s Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration comes in response to a complaint filed in June by five local religious leaders and two retired judges. In it, they argued that the president’s license to sell liquor at his Trump International Hotel in the nation’s capital should be voided because he doesn’t have the “good character” required by law for the license. Had the board approved it, Trump’s hotel would have had to ditch its $100 martini ― a garish concoction of three types of vodka with three oysters and a tin of caviar ― among other cocktails all costing no less than $24 a pop. Carlo Allegri / Reuters The Trump family cuts the ribbon on the Washington hotel in October 2016.

Source: Huffington Post September 12, 2018 23:10 UTC