New Jersey’s attorney general is investigating whether Trump remains eligible for liquor licenses at any of the state’s three golf clubs after his conviction.
Read: The Republican Presumptive Nominee for President is A Convicted Felon
NBC News reports:
The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office is investigating the eligibility of liquor licenses for three Trump-owned golf courses in the state following former President Donald Trump’s felony conviction in New York, officials confirmed Tuesday.
The three properties being reviewed by Attorney General Matthew Platkin and the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division of the Attorney General’s Office are Bedminster, Pine Hill and Colts Neck.
“ABC is reviewing the impact of President Trump’s conviction on the licenses listed above and declines further comment at this time,” a spokesperson for the agency said in a statement.
The Trump campaign said the former president did not own a liquor license and therefore had nothing to review. However, New Jersey law provides that a liquor license can be revoked if a person is convicted of a crime of moral turpitude. Does it matter if the license is in someone else’s name but Trump owns the properties?
We’ll find out.
Felony convictions have consequences, even if the convicted felon is a former president. Trump has already had to surrender his guns, even though he illegally kept one in Florida for weeks after being convicted.
We see in ways big and small that convicted felons are impacting Donald Trump’s life.
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