President Trump has reportedly appointed a new head to the federal agency that will decide whether he is in violation of his lease for the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C.

According to the Thursday report from Politico, a President Obama-appointed official named Norman Dong became acting administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) shortly after Trump's inauguration, only to be replaced by Trump less than eight hours later with Tim Horne, a GSA official who coordinated the agency's transition with Trump's team.

The GSA is currently evaluating what to do with Trump's lease, which includes a clause stating "no elected official of the United States government shall be party to, share in, or benefit from the contract."

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The luxury hotel, which opened in October after $200 million in renovations, is not actually owned by Trump, who signed a 60-year lease for the building, originally the headquarters of the U.S. Post Office, from the federal government.



As soon as Trump was sworn-in as president, groups were ready to challenge the lease as a conflict of interest. As the GSA decides how to address these complaints and the lease, it now runs under a leader who owes his position to Trump.

House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz Jason ChaffetzThe myth of the conservative bestseller Elijah Cummings, Democratic chairman and powerful Trump critic, dies at 68 House Oversight panel demands DeVos turn over personal email records MORE (R-Utah) said Wednesday he’s requested a look the federal government’s contract with the hotel as well.

Should Trump be given a notice of a breach of contract, he would have 30 days to resolve the breach or be evicted. That could then be appealed to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims or the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals, Politico reported.

Horne, the newly appointed GSA head, has worked at the GSA since 1993. He has most recently served as a Rocky Mountain regional commissioner of the Public Buildings Service in Colorado.

“Tim Horne has served at GSA for 24 years,” White House spokeswoman Kelly Love told Politico. “We have great faith in his ability to lead the GSA on an acting basis until a permanent Administrator is confirmed by the Senate.”