Trump revokes alcohol licenses for two golf clubs in New Jersey
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According to the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office, the liquor licenses of two of former President Donald Trump’s three golf clubs have not been renewed.
A spokesman confirmed that the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control has not renewed two golf club licenses linked to Trump:
- Trump National Golf Club at Colts Neck
- Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster
The licenses at both locations expired on Sunday, but can continue to be used with a temporary permit pending a hearing.
According to an ABC spokesperson, Trump National Golf Club Philadelphia in Pine Hill has a license for unrestricted consumption, which was renewed by the city on June 3.
Instead, the department granted Trump clubs in Colts Neck and Bedminster “various interim permits” pending a hearing on the extensions. A hearing is scheduled for July 19, a week after Trump is scheduled to be sentenced in a Manhattan court on a felony charge in a hush-money case brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
The verdict against Trump is scheduled for July 11.
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Why does New Jersey want to investigate Trump’s liquor licenses?
A review by the department, the spokesman said, found that Trump benefits from all three licenses because the revenue and profits from them go to a single beneficiary: the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust.
Under New Jersey state law, liquor licenses may not be issued to “persons under the age of 18 or to persons convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude.”
Trump was found guilty of falsifying business records to cover up hush money he paid a porn star to keep quiet about an encounter before the 2016 election.
Additional provisions regarding being a “person of good standing” are included in the qualification materials for individuals interested in obtaining a license, drawn from ABC bulletins and case law.
It states that this “discretionary approach recognises the power of the issuing authority, in assessing whether to issue or renew a licence application, to take into account previous offences against public order, a known history of organised crime or a reasonable suspicion that the applicant is acting as a licensee for another, unnamed and usually disqualified person”.
Katie Sobko covers the New Jersey Statehouse. Email: [email protected]
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