A Trumpian Appeal for New York Business

Forget the criminal prosecutions for a moment: the civil suit against the Trump Organization represents a real threat to investor confidence.

Though Donald Trump’s criminal prosecutions have gotten most of the attention—and rightly so, given their unprecedented effect on an election campaign—it’s the civil investigation of the former president, his associates (including children), and his companies that may have longer-lasting effects. Indeed, New York’s status as America’s business capital i…