It now appears that New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin is angling to get into the lawfare frenzy.
The use of the legal system for political purposes is clearly popular in New York where people were literally dancing in the street outside of the courthouse after the recent verdict against Trump.
Now Platkin's office has announced that it is "Reviewing" whether to pull the liquor licenses for Trump golf clubs since he is now convicted of felonies in New York.
According to an article in the Hill, the New Jersey Attorney General's Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control is "Reviewing the impact of President Trump's conviction" on his liquor licenses for the Trump National Golf Club in Colts Neck, Lamington Farm Club, and Trump National Golf Club Philadelphia in Pine Hill.
New Jersey defines it as including "any offense that carries the possibility of one year in jail and involves acts of baseness, vileness, or depravity in the private and social duties which a man owes to his fellowmen, or to society in general.
Even the New Jersey Alcoholic Beverage Control handbook notes that in "Some instances, it may be unclear whether a conviction involves an element of moral turpitude." Yet, Trump has a way to bringing clarity for his critics whenever they must chose between politics and principle.
It does not seem to matter that removing the liquor licenses of these clubs can endanger thousands of jobs of citizens or chill other businesses in considering investments in New York or New Jersey.
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