The Trump International Hotel was a hotbed for corruption and foreign conflicts of interest during Trump’s first term. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, for example, spent at least $259,724 at the hotel in 2017 while he was under investigation for money laundering. He used the presidential suite, which at the time was $10,000 per night.

The Trump Organization took an early step this week toward potentially buying back the Waldorf Astoria hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue NW, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The company sold the lease on the property in 2022 to CGI Merchant Group, which has since lost the hotel to its lender in a foreclosure.

Donald Trump’s real-estate company is in talks to reclaim its former Washington, D.C., hotel, a move that could offer an early test of how the president-elect will handle potential conflicts of interest.

Trump’s family company is looking to operate a hotel in the nation’s capital as president-elect once again prepares to enter White House