Donald Trump could lose his NJ liquor license if his felony conviction involved ‘moral turpitude’

A spokesman for the office said on Monday that it was reviewing whether Mr. Trump’s conviction on 34 felony charges related to paying hush money to a porn star and falsifying business records was intended to concealing it would affect the former president’s ability to continue to have a liquor license.

State law prohibits anyone from holding a liquor license who has been convicted of a crime “involving moral turpitude.”

A spokesman for the office said in a statement that the New Jersey Alcoholic Beverage Control Agency, a division of the attorney general’s office, “is reviewing the impact of President Trump’s conviction regarding the licenses mentioned above and decline to comment further at this time.” Monday emails.

According to the department, part of that calculation is the requirement that “a person must be of good standing and must operate a licensed business in good standing.”

Its handbook goes into further detail, saying, “the term ‘moral turpitude’ denotes a serious crime in the view of society at large and often contains elements of dishonesty , fraud or depravity.”

Trump owns golf courses in Bedminster, Colts Neck and Pine Hill in New Jersey, each with a liquor license.

He no longer owns any casinos in Atlantic City, where his former company, Trump Entertainment Resorts, once operated three casinos.

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 is expected to be sentenced in the New York case on July 11, shortly before he receives the Republican nomination for president in November’s general election.