Posted on 08/06/2020 8:40:24 AM PDT by rxsid
New York AG seeks to dissolve NRA in lawsuit accusing leaders of self-dealing, causing $64 million in losses
New York Attorney General Letitia James was set to announce Thursday that the state is seeking to dissolve the National Rifle Association in a lawsuit that accuses the leadership of the flagging nonprofit of diverting millions of dollars for their own personal use.
According to the lawsuit, the senior leadership of the NRA squandered millions in donations on personal trips, private jets and expensive meals. The failure to lawfully manage the organizations funds contributed to losses of $64 million over three years, the suit says.
James 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. The suit argues that the four executives, including CEO Wayne LaPierre, shouldnt be permitted to ever again serve on the board of a New York charity.
The suit continues a long-running battle between the state and the gun-rights group, which has been chartered in New York since 1871. James, who is a Democrat, threatened to investigate the NRAs nonprofit status during her campaign for attorney general and likened the group in 2018 to a terrorist organization.
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With a dozen donuts...
More likely planning to run for Gov of NY.
Has anyone filed a complaint? Or was she just fishing around?
What about de Blasio’s wife losing hundreds of milliions?
They don't want their sons and nephews shot dead by Whitey just for robbing liquor stores at gunpoint. I mean, after all, they were good boys, trying to turn their lives around, working on their new rap albums...but in this racist country, what choice did they have? /s
If she wants to dissolve corrupt organizations, then she can start with the Democrat Party.
Not only is there egregious waste of taxpayer funds, there’s an entire trail of bodies behind Arkancide.
I’m so glad the Democrats are showing their totalitarian authoritarian selves, at this perfect time to do so.
Only 90 days left and this Marxist threat should be at the forefront of all voters minds.
Sweet.
From the looks of Ol’ Thunderthighs, there’s LOTS of ham to go around there...
This sets the stage for dissolving the Democrat party.
Destroying the NRA is a waste of time. The NRA is fairly strong...but, nowhere near as strong as the American people, who are pissed off at Democrats & Fake News Media buffoons, and, Americans love the second amendment...The Right To Bear Arms. Gun sales, mostly Glock pistols & home protecting shot gun sales went up 138% from the same time last year.
As the magnificent TV police, Sargent, Joe Friday, used to say, so bluntly...”Ma’am...just the facts give me the facts” There are tons of high powered “Glock” pistols out there...folks and the average Joe & Jane American know exactly how to use them if need be.
Let me put this it this way...these days I do not want to be a Democrat, nor, A fake news media goon. You figure out the clear, reasoning, for it is as plain as the nose on your face!!! May God bless the Second Amendment...The right for average American citizens to bear arms, if need be!!!
The NRA is the only gun rights group the Left has ever truly feared. Conservatives who have abandoned them because leadership splurged a bit or because some of their stances werent as pure and aggressive as GOA or others are making a poor decision.
The NRA was incorporated in 1871. At the time, New York was one of the few states that recognized such a thing as a non-profit corporation. The downside is that incorporation as a non-profit means oversight by the New York AG and courts.
That...is the 64,000 dollar question.
Let this be a lesson for all like minded individuals && companies/charaties/non-profits....do NOT have your "base" in New York (or CA/WA/OR).
Interesting. Granted the NRA leaders were stupid, but this opens up a rather large front. Most non profits are woke and even more corrupt.
So it’s all Andrew “nobody needs 10 bullets to kill a deer” Cuomo.
He really is a piece of work.
“So wheres the lawsuit to dissolve the Clinton Foundation ... hmmmm? Theyve been in violation of their non-profit charter for decades.”
No politics, what so ever! (sarc)
The weaponization of government is the result of a government that has given themselves the powers to stick their nose into everything. If government were actually confined to it’s constitutional limits in powers, NONE of these issues would happen.
But people want that cheese (free shit others pay for), they want that big brother to tell someone what and how to do, they want that sense of security at an airport with their worthless TSA or now with an NIH/CDC/FDA giving them the illusion of government protection from a virus. (LOL)
You cannot have both. You cannot have a secure, safe, and stable place, AND liberty, privacy, true freedom in choice or decision.
Once government grows into the beast it has become, they will tell you how much water your toilet is to use per flush and what lightbulb you use so you’re not in the dark while sitting on said toilet. Once government becomes the giant octopus with its tentacles in everything, you suddenly also get government agencies going after the NRA while protecting and funding Planned Parenthood.
Hi.
Is this about the Clinton foundation?
I crack me up.
5.56mm
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