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The National Rifle Association hasnt cleaned up rampant financial and managerial misconduct as it claimed over the past year, illustrating the need for the gun-rights group to be dissolved, New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a court filing.
A failed bid for bankruptcy protection earlier this year exposed the hollowness of the organizations claim to have corrected the mismanagement, which included lavish spending by its longtime leader Wayne LaPierre and other serious lapses, James said in an amended lawsuit in New York state court. The attorney general said even the bankruptcy judge had cited the shocking level of authority LaPierre exercised over the group.
James, who sued to dissolve the New York-chartered nonprofit a year ago, said in her new complaint Monday that the NRAs evasion of accountability has continued unabated. She said the organizations leaders intentionally disregarded proper corporate governance, wasted charitable assets, falsely reported improper transactions, and allowed insiders to take advantage of the NRA.
Several alleged abuses were highlighted during a bankruptcy trial in Texas federal court, where a judge in May rejected the NRAs attempt to reorganize as not having been filed in good faith. The court wrote that the NRAs bankruptcy was part of an inappropriate attempt to avoid Jamess lawsuit. The judge also said he was concerned about the surreptitious manner in which LaPierre excluded NRA board members and executives from his decision to file for bankruptcy.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-17/nra-failed-to-clean-up-misconduct-must-be-dissolved-n-y-says?srnd=premium
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(6,066 posts)...how awful would that be?
AndyS
(14,559 posts)Giffords, Brady and every other gun control organization couldn't; destroy the NRA.