New York Attorney General Letitia James announced today that the state is seeking to dissolve the National Rifle Association (NRA) in a lawsuit that accuses the leadership of the nonprofit of diverting millions of dollars for their own personal use.
In the first line of the press release, James describes the NRA as “the largest and most influential pro-gun organization in the nation.”
James is a Democrat who had previously criticized the organization, accusing them and President Trump and “his allies in Congress” of doing “absolutely nothing” while “our schools, our workplaces, and our places of worship have become killing fields — due in part to the free-flowing movement of guns.”
Her lawsuit claims that the NRA is “fraught with fraud and abuse” and that they have “for years of self-dealing and illegal conduct that violate New York’s charities laws and undermine its own mission.”
We are seeking to dissolve the NRA for years of self-dealing and illegal conduct that violate New York’s charities laws and undermine its own mission.
— NY AG James (@NewYorkStateAG) August 6, 2020
The NRA diverted millions of dollars away from its charitable mission for personal use by senior leadership.
The four defendants failed to fulfill their fiduciary duty to the NRA and used millions upon millions from NRA reserves for personal use, including:
— NY AG James (@NewYorkStateAG) August 6, 2020trips for them and their families to the Bahamas & safaris in Africa
In New York, we have a set of laws that every individual and entity must be held accountable to, regardless of its size, influence, power, or wealth.
— NY AG James (@NewYorkStateAG) August 6, 2020
No one is above the law, not even the NRA, one of the most powerful organizations in this country.
Conservative activist Mike Coudrey said of the lawsuit, “We are at a dangerous time in this country where those in charge of justice have turned into political activists who investigate and prosecute their political opposition under manufactured and fraudulent pretenses.”
We are at a dangerous time in this country where those in charge of justice have turned into political activists who investigate and prosecute their political opposition under manufactured and fraudulent pretenses. https://t.co/jc0qgMLDtT
— Mike Coudrey (@MichaelCoudrey) August 6, 2020
He added in another tweet, “Just your daily reminder the Clinton Foundation embezzled hundreds of millions of dollars and was complicit in the Uranium 1 scandal and the NY AG wants to instead investigate the NRA under fraudulent and manufactured pretenses.”
Just your daily reminder the Clinton Foundation embezzled hundreds of millions of dollars and was complicit in the Uranium 1 scandal and the NY AG wants to instead investigate the NRA under fraudulent and manufactured pretenses
— Mike Coudrey (@MichaelCoudrey) August 6, 2020
Video of press conference:
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