In Washington, D.C., the owners of a local restaurant filed suit Thursday against President Donald Trump, alleging they’re losing business due to unfair competition from the Trump International Hotel. The owners of Cork Wine Bar say they’ve lost patrons who seek to curry favor with the president. This is Steven Schooner, lawyer for the plaintiffs.

Steven Schooner: “Today, whether you are a foreign government, a lobbyist or a special interest group, there is no easier way to funnel money directly to the president of the United States, with no transparency whatsoever, than by spending money in the president’s hotel or his restaurants or through an event hosted in that facility.”

At the White House, Press Secretary Sean Spicer was asked about the lawsuit.

Press Secretary Sean Spicer: “The president has made very clear in that December press conference at Trump Tower he doesn’t have conflicts, and he’s done everything in accordance with—with the guidance that he was given, and gone well beyond what he ever needed to do.”

As president, Trump has rejected advice from ethics experts to divest his vast business holdings or create a completely blind trust, and instead handed over management of the Trump Organization to his sons. The head of the Office of Government Ethics slammed that decision as “wholly inadequate.”