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FILE - Patrons play the links as the Manhattan skyline looms in the distance at Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point in the Bronx borough of New York, May 4, 2021. Donald Trump's company can keep running a public golf course in the Bronx, a judge ruled Friday, April 8, 2022, saying New York City offered a baseless rationale for canceling the Trump Organization's contract to run the course after the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in 2021. The ruling sends the matter back to the city "for further proceedings." It wasn't immediately clear what those might be; a request for comment was sent to city officials. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Donald Trump's company can keep running a public golf course in the Bronx, a judge ruled Friday, saying New York City offered a baseless rationale for canceling the Trump Organization's contract to run the course.

A request for comment was sent to city officials, but it was not immediately clear what those might be.

The decision was declared a victory for the company and a victory for justice by the Trump Organization.

The company that runs the Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point Park said in a statement that the move to cancel the contract was a political vendetta.

The Mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio, said he was scrapping the golf course contract because he said Trump had engaged in criminal activity.

The PGA of America canceled an upcoming tournament at one of Trump's golf clubs. The city characterized Trump's contract requirement to maintain a course that could attract professional tournaments as evidence that he had broken it.

Trump is a Republican. Both De Blasio and Biden are Democrats.

Eric Trump said that the city would have to pay his family firm $30 million to get rid of the culture.

Lawyers and contract experts were not sure if the city would prevail.

The contract states that Trump must maintain a course that is first-class, tournament quality.

Judge James agreed that there was nothing in the contract that required the company to attract tournaments to the Bronx course. James wrote that the city's claim that the Trump Organization had violated the contract lacked any legal foundation.

The city could have canceled the contract in another way, since it allows the city to end the deal without cause. The city would have to compensate his company for the money it invested in the club house.

The decision is a sign that the Trump Organization is getting over the Capitol riots.

Several banks refused to do business with the Trump Organization after the riots, raising the possibility that the company wouldn't be able to borrow again. A new $100 million loan was recently given to the company for its commercial and retail space in Trump Tower.

The Washington D.C. hotel was sold to a Miami-based investment fund for $375 million, more than many hotel experts thought possible.

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