James' complaint names the National Rifle Association as a whole, but also names four current and former NRA executives: Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre, general counsel John Frazer, former CFO Woody Phillips, and former chief of staff Joshua Powell.
The lawsuit also claims that LaPierre received more than $1.2 million in expense reimbursements over four years, including gifts for friends, travel expenses and memberships at golf clubs and hotels. Allegations against former CFO Woody Phillips, former chief of staff Joshua Powell and general counsel John Frazer
Meanwhile, James alleges that former NRA chief of staff Joshua Powell's salary more than tripled a little more than two years into his tenure, which began in 2016. While he began at $250,000, Powell's salary rose to $800,000.
this could be the best thing since OBama's 2 terms
she just dumb
Sounds like a mirror image of the Clinton Global Initiative...... but all that money went to one family When the guns are gone,.. the village Stazi come for me.
Good. Our country is basically run by large lobbying organizations who actively participate bribery, which they like to call 'contributions.' Time to dissolve the entire bribery complex.
And forwarded data to the IRS, too
This is what happens when you put incompetent, activist lawyers/liars in charge of anything
Shouldn't NewYorkStateAG be as concerned with the corruption in Albany NYGovCuomo in order to have credibility?
Good. It’s about time someone hold these crooks accountable!
_scosgrove I give this 1 big Yee haw 🤠🤠🤠
Everyone is getting exposed this year
mekkalekkah Or like, Thursday, as it's known there
Corruption and cronyism? Could be NRA or Boris Johnson's conservative party.
I am no fan of the NRA but I am skeptical of anything that this particular AG does.
pashawas Weird sounds like trump.
Where's my checkbook? Thank you New York DA.. NRAUnited
Stay in your lane, ma’am. You can’t even get a grasp on your own state.
aka Planned Parenthood
aka the Clinton Foundation
Without police, without guns, the people are defenseless. Hitler knew this & so do the Democrats. We might as well call them the Nazicrats. I guarantee if they come to full power you will lose your freedoms bc you will have no way to defend them. The Nazicrats want your obedience
Yeah because they can protect us from BLM. They don't want that.
Liberals simply want to take guns from honest people. Holding onto and having guns is more important than it has ever been.
Another out of control prosecutor.
The delusion that this is anything but a political ploy is amusing. But New York Democrats are fine with this.
That whole NRA business is gonna blow up in the Democrats face....folks are gonna see it as an attack on 2a disguised as a corruption investigation...even some Democrats have guns....guaranteed more VOTES for Trump nice 👍
I’m a member, it’s my money who gives a shit how they spend it. Focus on the crime in NYC.
The NRA is a lobbying COMPANY that; - skimmed millions - payed off whistle-blowers for silence - nepotist hiring and contracts to ex employees for silence - strong armed thug practices - got caught The NRA is not; - the second amendment.
Thoughts and prayers. That's all that's allowed as it's too soon to take any action and no one wants to talk about how to protect them yet. Only heartless shills would look to take action to protect them before we all have time to mourn send more thoughts and prayers
Sounds like criminal charges will be in order soon. Time to finally ban these weapons of war.
Didn't we already know they did that?
Sorry, she doesn’t have the power to do that. Fun to stir up the Trump haters right before the election, though.
I would hope they receive an invoice for back taxes based on the violations.
Listen to this podcast, Gangster capitalism, investigated NRA. Criminal corruption, audiotapes of HRA head.
*Bribed US congressmen with Russian mob money
new york is turning into a shit hole, people and businesses are leaving for a good reason.
NRA will be around a lot longer than this attorney-general getting her name in the news....
Thoughts and prayers
Pretty damning until you hear her read the criminal charges against the Trump family in January 2021. That'll take a few hours. Lock up these grifters.
Timing has nothing to do with it?
Sounds like they fit right in with the Trump organization
This is a Trump campaign event.
👏🏼👏🏼
Sounds like war. I wonder in red states how many fake scandals like this the attorney generals can cook up. Let's target the truly evil - teachers unions! No organization in this country is more evil and more out to harm children than the teachers unions!!
Uh why not put people in jail for fraud and theft?
😆😆😆😆 That broad would do well to just handle things around NYC. They’ve turned it into a 💩 hole city.
Waste of time and tax payers money.
Looks like Wash. DC joined this party!
So the NRA is Donald Trump.
👏👏👏👏👏
Maybe the NRA should say they are collecting funds for Haiti Clintons
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It almost sounds as bad as the media
Sounds like the Trump family
And the NRA hits right back! Go NRA!
Planned Parenthood is next.
Right in line with realDonaldTrump and his playbook. Birds of a feather!
Everyone please give this AG the attention she so desperately desires.
A lobbying organization advocating for gun rights isn’t illegal in any way. Engaging in massive fraud is. Don’t let Republicans spin this any other way.
Who knew we would defund the nra before the cops
Sounds a lot like the current administration...
The man needs to think through his commentary. Start a war of this nature, consider what might be 'the most aggressive sanction gun rights advocates might pursue in response.' The attorney general is asking for a fight, and it won't end well, rest assured. Just another coward!
Hate to be the pessimist here but this could have waited until after the election. Talk about rallying the troops. Those that were in the middle are now like, “they ain’t taking my guns, go Trump.” Insert heavy sigh here!
Somebody should dissolve the Democratic Party they’ve been sex trafficking children😵
I think L.J. should be VP. if she can swing this, she should be PRESIDENT! Just wish someone would take care of business in DC before they get rid of all the guns.
I’m guessing the NY AG’s office has more fraud and abuse.....
🙏🏻 FKTheNRA
Wait, you mean to say the NRA is bad?!
NPR is failure... top to bottom
Wait a second. Guns have rights?
Now do the ClintonFdn
realDonaldTrump Another powerful woman. Maybe it’s bunker time. Letitia James = SAVAGE
NSA Whistleblower Karen Stewart Exposes Biggest False Flag Operation In History: FBI / Fusion Centers:
Not to mention the Russia connection. Basically a way for Russia to pay off Republican politicians. 😡
Met4403
Yes! Drain the Swamp!
LAW & ORDER!!!
Awesome I’ll be selling anything with the NRA logo at the flea markets, once something dies it is more valuable, can’t wait to sell the realDonaldTrump collection.....!
can they make the rifles dissolve
Not shocking at all the NRA is wrought with fraud and abuse
Thoughts and prayers 😏
Great news! I hope the next time I see an NRA hat its in a museum or a collectible table at a swap meet.
Why was this not a concern during the eight years of Obama-Biden Dynasty? Another attention seeker!!! Americans, choose your weapons. Let not this be your judgement day.
The war has begun....
I hope it happens. The NRA is cancer.
Government will not use partisan powers to dissolve corporations as an attack on our God given rights. The US constitution restricts government from stepping on our rights, and we will oppose any Tyrant that attempts to overstep the constitution, and hence, our rights.
Wayne LaPierre needs new clothes! NRA MEMBERS PAY YOUR DUES!!🤣
Seems that the Trump Family & top NRA executives now have even more in common than before. They're all banned from EVER working at charitable organizations - quite the badge of honor for jails birds that flock together. Disgusting. A disgraceful betrayal of the public trust.
Good. We need to drain the swamp.
Move to a friendly state already.
DissolveTheNRA
The NYAG’s claims sound very much like Congress.
🔥🔥🔥
The second it passes and pasty people start protesting I cannot wait to force feed them their own medicine. “Just don’t break the law. It’s that simple.”
Good Luck.
It's so sad to me the direction the NRA went in. It started out as a legitimate and positive organization, focused on gun safety and education. It was taken over by people advancing an extremist ideology. I'd love to see it go back to its original mission, which is a valid one.
I’m sure the state of NY has its hands cleans...certainly no fraud or abuse to see there.
Hell yeah
To the NRA:
I wonder what “Law and Order” President Trump will say about these illegal actions? Oh wait, they are filled with white people so he doesn’t care.
It’s funny that a tool has a powerful lobby group behind it. Anyone want to start a Tupperware lobby group?
Leftists Marxist!!
Start with the Clinton foundation and the Red Cross ya Fvck heads
That is ridiculous. How about using your time and going after the real criminals in NY like the huge Spike in murders, rioting and looking to start. Maybe give the NYPD their billion dollars back. Go after Antifa terrorist organization. I'm the NRA and I vote.
I was hoping she was going to announce the indictment of the trump boys & girls, but this is fine, too. NYAG is smart going after the NRA; w/o even mentioning trump, she's given him something to think about.
Perfect timing. It means extra votes for realDonaldTrump
The NRA is just a microcosm of Trumpism: a corrupt cadre of incompetent sociopathic boobs pockets💵 hand over fist extracting every ounce of political power from working class white people who support it against their self-interest just because they see 🇺🇸 and 🦅.
NRA ,European view of our situation.
Get rid of them and let common sense, normal gun owners have a real gun organization
You’ve killed enough NRA
a far right org. trickled w/ fraud & abuse ludacris
The NRA should NOT be Tax Exempt ? That’s BS !
No wonder KGB and realDonaldTrump like NRA. They are birds of a feather. AdiosMuchachos
She should realize her power is dependent on people supporting her
It’s fraud organization not your gun rights
LOL. Good luck with that
If there is fraud and abuse then the AG should target the bad guys and not the organization. Next he will target Target for a cashier defrauding the company.
Wow!😲 This article is 🤯. Corruption exposed💯 Great read
Good.
The 2nd amendment alone stands firm in our constitution! It's not NRA that upholds those rights. It our politicians! Seems tho, a politician that would take those rights away, would be a short term politician. The old saying, when guns are outlawed, only outlaws, will have guns!
If you've ever had the displeasure of importing through NY or NJ, you know that the Attorney Generals in both states look the other way on SO many financial laws. That's not even considering the obvious and constant Wall Street criminality.
Never will stop gun owners.
Why do New York officials say everything is full of fraud and abuse and never give any details or proof and then take legal action without the needed proof or information? It’s insane.
Thoughts and prayers...
Dissolve her
Yayyyyy. This is excellent. NRA
Well, lets just hope thoughts and prayers do as much for the NRA as it has for shooting victims...
Excellent.
Thoughts and prayers to the members you’ve stolen from through the years to maintain your lavish lifestyle.
They're stealing millions, but conservatives will continue to worship the ground they walk on because I need muh gunz - all the while swearing up and down that we can't afford Medicare for all.
Good riddance!
They need to start investigating the unions. Start with teachers unions.
It would be a start at least. Good luck New York.....👌🏻🤞🏼👊🏼
First Socislists disarm the population, then they take remaining freedoms away. Socialist playbook. If NY AG has a problem with how top executives spend the NRA money maybe she she have gone after Clinton Foundation.
Of course...they have always been cooked murderers! They sell on people losing their constitutional rights, refusing to promote stricter gun laws and safety.
This is shannonrwatts and all gun control advocates/orgs putting nra feet to the fire. A hard fought battle getting closer and closer to the light at end of tunnel
It sounds like the low IQ N.Y. AG just opened the state up for a massive counter suit. Pity.
Good. NRA is one of the most corrupt institutions in the country. I hope they serve time
Unfund the NY attorney general
godspeed
That is good news....but....but Trump will use this to scare his supporters saying dems are trying to take their guns.
I mean. There's 0% chance it'll actually happen but still
nakamuramartin
Thoughts and prayers to the NRA.
aamer_rahman I admire the effort to effect an actual positive change, but she’s going after a lobby for operating like a lobby. He has approval from the board, he hasn’t stolen anything. Still wrong tho.
Democrats have again weaponized their AG's to attack their political rivals - is anyone surprised? We must prevent Democrats from gaining any more power. walkaway
Go for it!
Fraud? In the NRA?
Thoughts and prayers to you
The comments from right wing nut jobs will be glorious
Now, let's only hope this crooked-ass politician does the Clinton Foundation. Crickets
🤣🤣🤣🤣 bye bye.
Thoughts and prayers
Is she ready to fall on her sword? This is pure political posturing.
Most most repubs don't get, is that most libs/lefists are pro 2nd amendment, and we carry ourselves. Some dem politicians are more restrictive, but most of us arent. For instance, i support both conceal carry and semi auto rifles. Most of us, or at least many of us, do.
Whatever happened to all the people Maria Butina slept with to funnel Russian money
I send my thoughts and prayers....
Thank you TishJames
The NRA with the help of peaceful protesters have set record sales of guns, especially new gun owners. Thank you George Floyd!
Thoughts and prayers to the NRA
The NRA used to be a fairly small sporting club that also taught firearm safety. It turned into a dangerous, corrupt behemoth pushing gun sales to the detriment of thousands of lives.
Right on!
Well this is going to be an uphill battle. The NRA won’t go down easily.
JoeBiden and BetoORourke want to disarm law abiding citizens as crime rates soar
Oh the DC AG has filed a similar lawsuit. Expect a whole bunch more for your malfeasance... times up!
Defund the NPR
Meanwhile gangs are roaming the streets of New York killing innocent people! The NRA has nothing to do with that but the NY attorney general sure does! New York politicians are the most corrupt in the nation!😡
Good.
OH SHIT
Lmaooooooooo
It was meant to be an announcement re Trump Corp crimes. What a disappointment. This will just rally the 2A MAGATS.
As a gun owner, i approve this message. The nra ia nothing more than a corrupt lobbyist group bordering on terrorism.
The NRA is a terrorist organization.
No one: Letitia James:' I've got big news that's gonna rock the nation!!' Resistance Twitter: 'She's got him, Deutsche bank is cooperating and she's got him!' Letitia James: 'The NRA is...' Resistance Twitter: 'This is bull, back to making fun of him for saying Yo-Semite'
💯
All studies show a community with guns is a more dangerous community and that is evidenced by our gun death statistics. Guns only escalate the situation: you have a gun, then I need a gun, and on and on. What would happen if everyone had marshmallow shooters instead?
Long overdue.
Why is NY asking the Fed for covid money if they can afford what is likely a 5+yr legal battle with the NRA? Will cost NY millions...NRA has almost limitless funding.
Her boss killed more people in two months than guns have in the past two decades.
Wong timing. They should have waited for after the elections. This is a good opportunity for the incompetent man invading the white house to win a ticket for the second term.
Investigate black lives matters as terrorists and try and follow money trail
adjunctprofesor
The whole swamp is fraught with fraud and abuse. They’re all flying around on private jets and vacationing in the Bahamas.
The NRA is less popular today that at any point in time in the past 30 years. “Powerful” is a very inaccurate way to describe this lobbying group.
Here come all the conservatives who are going to take this as the 'libruls' coming to take their guns. Lots of empty threats about starting a war over this incoming.
MishaGlenny A brave man. Probably a dead man walking after challenging the existence of the terrifying and fanatical NRA gun culture .
Before we completely self-destruct.
“What about the Clinton Foondayshun” “Do Planed Parenthod!”
NRA = Enemy of the people
That's one ugly SOB.
I hope they are successful.
Today we likely going to see the beginning of multi-discipline twists and turns by many politicians to leave the received NRA ‘A’ rating, related funding & gifts far, far behind ...
At best they could kick the NRA out of New York State. She has absolutely no power in the rest of the country. The nra will be just fine .
Tyranny, pure and simple
How am I just now noticing that he looks like Anton Ego?
thoughts and prayers that this actually happens
Now how will I know which end of the gun to point at the bad guys
Yes. Yes yes
You can go ahead and PPact as well. In fact, what others belong on that list?
dissolve the police. dissolve the NRA. dissolve your right to self protection. dissolve dissent. dissolve you. the Democrat platform for America.
Poor NRA ThoughtsAndPrayersNRA
Yes!!! ✊✌️✌️✌️
But will any of these thieves go to jail? How will the police arrest them? Eric Gardner,killed for selling cigarettes. George Floyd, killed for allegedly using a fake $20. Elijah McClain,killed for walking home while black. how will our justice system treat rich white thieves?
Love it!!!
Same AG that was suing Trump yesterday? NPRKarens are authoritarians that celebrate AGs wasting tax payers cash.
Irony: the people paying for the lifestyles of a few guys that wouldn't cross the street for them, are going to bark the loudest.
Discovery will be fun if this goes to trial.
famousandyhall
NRA lost its way from being a Sportsmen’s organization to being gun traffickers and enemies of the United States
If a bank CEO embezzles money, do they close the bank? No. You prosecute the person, the company stays.
Reporter: 'What precedent is there to dissolve an organization like this?' Answer: 'There are two prior cases. One of them is the Trump Foundation.'
Defund the NYAG.
Barack Obama and his crew tried to frame Trump and Flynn on the Russian collusion story. All the evidence is there. Waiting for your coverage.…
Another FUTILE attempt by EVIL DemonRAT operatives to impose gun control.
I have been a gun owner my whole life. The NRA just takes money from suckers in exchange for stickers.
Time to re-up my memberahip. F*ck you NY!
Not to mention they were like crickets when a black man was shot and killed while legally licensed to carry a gun.
I am currently crapping a bucket full of thoughts and prayers to send to the NRA.
endangered 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
The NRA is a domestic terrorist organization. Their interpretation of the second amendment is criminal. Founding Fathers to the NRA: 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Attorney General Letitia James alleges in a lawsuit that top NRA executives: • misused charitable funds for personal gain • awarded contracts to friends and family • provided contracts to former employees to ensure loyalty
ThoughtsandPrayers
Oh my! How the mighty are falling!
Gun rights can be defended without corrupt institutions. There are other gun rights groups that can take up the mantle more responsibly.
Womp womp
Should have happened the second they switched from 'gun safety organization' to 'professional lobbyists for gun manufacturers.'
''The NRA's influence has been so powerful that the organization went unchecked for decades while top executives funneled millions into their own pockets,' James said in a statement.' Unchecked by whom? Implication is GOP, as ardent supporters for decades, received kickbacks.
Never gonna happen. 2A for life
That would stop a lot of crime in the world!
dloesch must be drinking beet juice and feeling pretty proud of herself for being their spokeswoman
That's too harsh. Just GET RID OF the corrupt union mob boss LaPierre. I left the NRA because I didn't want my membership fees financing things against my wishes (like his lavish lifestyle). Just like the arguments used vs union dues. Except this is MUCH WORSE!
There is no legit reason to have the NRA around anyway. Back in the day they supposedly stood for Gun rights and promoted Gun Safety for young people... then they turned into a diabolically corrupt organization that has nothing to do with Gun Safety or Gun rights... time to go.
Thoughts and prayers
And of course this isn’t registering as a blip on CNN or NBCNews . 🤦♂️
Uh oh here come the second amendment freedom fighters. I mean peacefully of course cuz you're not going to yell into a police officers face while being fully armed... Will they?
LoL LeticiaJames big news is she will attempt to dissolve the NRA..... My god what idiotic clowns
'Powerful gun rights group' They support red flag laws and have actually done nothing to protect Constitutional carry. The left being upset with the NRA is just as dumb as the gays hating Chik-fil-A.
It’s not about Trump but the NRA is a great, powerful second best!
Susan_Hennessey Ruh Roh
Trumps base.
Couldn't happen to a naughtier bunch of marketing professionals.
jeffstrabone I figured as much
unfortunately it will just move to another state
This is great. But the same whackos will just end up creating a new organization called 'They Terk Urr Jerbs' or something like that.
Some welcome news
Democrats destroy everything they don't like. Nothing new here.
Well YAY but...
Elitist greed in lieu of honesty and integrity? Color me surprised! The downfall of the NRA is a welcome thought.
YES!
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