At an online press conference this morning, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced legal action to dissolve the National Rifle Association, which she said has looted its own donors, corruptly enriched leaders including longtime president Wayne LaPierre, and is riven by fraud and "brazen illegality."
The NRA was founded in 1871 in New York and is a registered nonprofit in that state.
Asked why she is seeking to dissolve the organization rather than charge individual offials, James said that the misconduct was such that "they've destroyed the assets of the corporation" and that it effectively served no purpose other than to support the abuses: "Donors donate to the NRA beacuse they believe in its mission. Four individual members have looted its assets."
She nonetheless confirmed that they were moving forward only with civil, not criminal enforcement, against LaPierre and the other officials named.
