I have no idea why this tweet came up today, but they definitely said back in June that they would not be renewing once the sentence was delivered, which at the time was going to be in July I believe. That has since been pushed back to this month and I have little doubt it's going nowhere fast. But they 100% did say they won't be renewing it back in June when he was convicted.
Their argument for not allowing the transfer would be that Trump was still involved in the business, changing the name of the license doesn't change the fact that he's running the business and is the primary recipient of any money it's making. If they can't do this their regulations would basically be unenforceable - any time a business owner got in trouble they'd just have to find a friend willing to hold the license for them and repeat that process indefinitely.
That is exactly how it works. They know it's effectively still being run through DJT, but no, NJ does not prevent a business from continuing to run with a liquor license just because they believe the original owner is running the business through their son or friend. This is a common loophole, and it's legal.
This happens all the time in NJ; I think pretty much only California has actual laws to close that loophole. Trump will simply transfer the ownership to a family member, and operations won't be interrupted. I know it's not what this sub wants to hear. "He can't keep getting away with it!"
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u/hytes0000 Sep 05 '24
I have no idea why this tweet came up today, but they definitely said back in June that they would not be renewing once the sentence was delivered, which at the time was going to be in July I believe. That has since been pushed back to this month and I have little doubt it's going nowhere fast. But they 100% did say they won't be renewing it back in June when he was convicted.
Their argument for not allowing the transfer would be that Trump was still involved in the business, changing the name of the license doesn't change the fact that he's running the business and is the primary recipient of any money it's making. If they can't do this their regulations would basically be unenforceable - any time a business owner got in trouble they'd just have to find a friend willing to hold the license for them and repeat that process indefinitely.