New York Attorney General Letitia James Sues To Dissolve The National Rifle Association
According to breaking reports, prosecutors in New York and Washington, D.C. have filed lawsuits to dissolve the NRA for misusing charitable donations. New York Attorney General Letitia James took to Twitter this Thursday morning to announce that she has filed a lawsuit, saying its leaders exploited the company for personal gain.
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She tweeted, “BREAKING: I filed a lawsuit to dissolve the National Rifle Association for years of self-dealing and illegal conduct. The @NRA is fraught with fraud and abuse. No organization is above the law.
Karl A. Racine, the attorney general for the District of Columbia, later added on Twitter: #BREAKING: We are suing the NRA Foundation for misusing charitable funds. Donors gave money to fund firearms safety, firearms education, and marksmanship training. Instead, that money was diverted to support wasteful spending by the NRA and its executives.”
According to CNBC, the lawsuit notes that the senior leadership of the NRA squandered millions in donations on personal trips, private jets, and expensive meals, adding that the failure to lawfully manage the organization’s funds contributed to losses of $64 million over three years, the suit says. It also argues that a total of four executives, including CEO Wayne LaPierre, shouldn’t be permitted to ever again serve on the board of a New York charity.
At a press conference announcing the suit, which was filed in New York County in the New York State Supreme Court — James said the NRA was “a breeding ground for greed, abuse, and brazen illegality.”
As the news site notes, James along with Racine is asking the court to dissolve the NRA and require each of the current and former executives named in the suit to pay full restitution.
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New York Attorney General Letitia James: "For these years of fraud and misconduct, we are seeking an order to dissolve the NRA in its entirety." https://t.co/yHU8ulrU7v pic.twitter.com/DGrEN0OZvb
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 6, 2020
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