ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey attorney general’s office is investigating whether Donald Trump’s recent felony convictions in New York make him ineligible for liquor licenses at his three New Jersey golf courses.
A spokeswoman for the office said Monday that it is investigating whether Trump’s conviction for 34 crimes involving the payment of hush money to a porn star and falsifying company records in an attempt to conceal them should affect Mr. the former president to have liquor licenses.
State law prohibits anyone from holding a liquor license who has been convicted of a crime “involving moral turpitude.”
The New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, which is part of the attorney general’s office, “is reviewing the impact of President Trump’s conviction on the above licenses and declines further comment at this time,” a spokeswoman for the office said in a statement. email Monday.
Part of what goes into this calculation is the requirement that “an individual must be of good repute and expected to operate the licensed business in a reputable manner,” the division said.
The manual goes into more detail, saying: “the term ‘moral turpitude’ denotes a serious crime from the point of view of society at large and usually contains elements of dishonesty, fraud or depravity.”
Trump owns golf courses in Bedminster, Colts Neck and Pine Hill in New Jersey, each of which has an active liquor license.
He no longer owns casinos in Atlantic City, where his former company, Trump Entertainment Resorts, once operated three.
Messages left Monday with Trump’s presidential campaign, as well as with The Trump Organization, the former president’s company, were not immediately returned.
Trump will be sentenced in the New York case on July 11, shortly before he receives the Republican nomination for president in the November general election.
