Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s decision to stay at the Trump International Hotel in Washington last year may have helped advance a Maryland court case challenging the President Donald Trump’s ability to hold onto his financial stake in his business empire. A federal judge in Maryland ruled Wednesday that the attorneys general in Maryland and Washington, D.C., have standing to pursue a case alleging that Trump’s ongoing financial ties to the Trump International Hotel In Washington violate what’s known as the emoluments clause of the U.S.