New York’s attorney general sues to dissolve the NRA, says that senior leaders used the powerful gun advocacy organisation as their “personal piggy bank”
New York State Attorney General, Letitia James, speaks during a news conference, to announce a suit to dissolve the National Rifle Association, In New York, US on August 6, 2020.
The four "basically looted its assets," leaving the once-wealthy group that pumped millions into Republican political campaigns close to being insolvent, James said. Its endorsements of "pro-gun" candidates have determined races and frightened moderate candidates from speaking out for even modest firearms regulations.
He billed the NRA for safari trips his family took in Africa and his personal golf course membership, without the NRA having officially determined they should be reimbursed. According to the suit, much of LaPierre's alleged abuses were enabled by the other three defendants, all of whom he personally recruited: former treasurer Wilson Phillips, general counsel John Frazer, and former chief of staff Joshua Powell.
"The NRA is fraught with fraud and abuse, which is why, today, we seek to dissolve the NRA, because no organisation is above the law."In a statement, LaPierre branded the suit an "a unconstitutional, premeditated attack aiming to dismantle and destroy the NRA."
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