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Gman
08-06-2020, 12:17
NY Attorney General lawsuit seeks to dissolve National Rifle Association (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ny-attorney-general-lawsuit-seeks-to-dissolve-national-rifle-association/ar-BB17EqqK)


This isn't political at all.... [Sarcasm2]

I personally feel that Wayne needs to go, but the organization and membership should be pushing him out, not some NY Democrat.


The New York Attorney General is filed a lawsuit against the National Rifle Association on Thursday, seeking to dissolve the powerful gun lobby for a multitude of alleged violations of state law governing charities.https://www.ar-15.co/{"default":{"load":"default","w":"80","h":"45","sr c":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BB17EcQ1.img?h=630&w=1119&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"},"dpi":1.4,"size3column":{"load":"default","w ":"62","h":"35","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BB17EcQ1.img?h=491&w=874&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"},"size2column":{"load":"default","w":"62","h" :"35","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BB17EcQ1.img?h=491&w=874&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}}

Attorney General Letitia James accused the NRA of an array of ?illegal conduct,? according to a press release describing the suit, including ?[the] diversion of millions of dollars away from the charitable mission of the organization for personal use by senior leadership, awarding contracts to the financial gain of close associates and family, and appearing to dole out lucrative no- show contracts to former employees in order to buy their silence and continued loyalty.?

The civil lawsuit, filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, also names as defendants longtime NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre and three other NRA executives ? Wilson ?Woody? Philips, John Frazer and Joshua Powell ? and seeks their removal from their current positions and prohibition from their future service on any other New York-based nonprofit board. Those four executives ?failed to fulfill their fiduciary duty to the NRA,? James alleged, ?and used millions upon millions from NRA reserves for personal use, including trips for them and their families to the Bahamas, private jets, expensive meals, and other private travel.?

The lawsuit singled out LaPierre, in particular, for enabling a culture of self-dealing, mismanagement, and negligent oversight at the NRA, often for his personal benefit.

crays
08-06-2020, 12:24
So... I guess the Clinton Foundation is next then?

Bailey Guns
08-06-2020, 12:27
So... I guess the Clinton Foundation is next then?

Oh, no... There has to be allegations of wrongdoing. By a democrat AG. Otherwise it doesn't count.

I'm guessing this NY AG isn't really hopeful she'll actually get the NRA dissolved...probably just want's to spend them into oblivion.

battlemidget
08-06-2020, 13:15
It could be a blessing in disguise.

CS1983
08-06-2020, 13:25
Well, that would be one less organization supporting gun control measures.

Doc45
08-06-2020, 15:15
As much as I despise WLP this is bs.

Bailey Guns
08-06-2020, 16:05
Didn't take long for the NRA to counter-sue. Sounds like the AG said some pretty ugly things in her campaign that might come back to biter her in the ass.

Sawin
08-06-2020, 16:23
Wayne should have been ousted a decade ago, but that’s not what it’s about. They’re just trying to bleed them.

Rucker61
08-06-2020, 17:05
NY Attorney General lawsuit seeks to dissolve National Rifle Association (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ny-attorney-general-lawsuit-seeks-to-dissolve-national-rifle-association/ar-BB17EqqK)


This isn't political at all.... [Sarcasm2]

I personally feel that Wayne needs to go, but the organization and membership should be pushing him out, not some NY Democrat.

He's got a mighty nice gold parachute.

Gman
08-06-2020, 18:12
Hey, the DC DA has got a suit against the NRA too, and on the same day! What a coincidence!

(Said by anyone with a brain...NEVER.)

Aloha_Shooter
08-06-2020, 22:02
This is simply about making the NRA spend money to defend itself against her BS prosecution rather than using it to defeat Biden. It's the same reason the Clintons went after the tobacco and pharmaceutical companies.

clodhopper
08-07-2020, 09:37
using the bottomless pot of taxpayer money to fund your personal political agenda to destroy select private companies through outspending tactics is not how the government is supposed to work.

things keep going wronger and wronger.

Zundfolge
08-07-2020, 15:03
So... I guess the Clinton Foundation is next then?

No but some would like to use this tactic to go after the SPLC in Alabama (since they too had some money scandals).

https://twitter.com/KerryPicket/status/1291565703154335745