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Letitia James shits bed big time. NRA not banned, in fact NRA will be paid $7.4 million

Anonymous Sat 24 Feb 2024 21:14:35 No.1270429 View View Reply Original Report

Pretty big own goal there
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nra-trial-verdict-rcna138827
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/24/nyregion/wayne-lapierre-nra.html
https://www.reuters.com/legal/jury-says-ex-nra-chief-lapierre-mismanaged-gun-rights-group-2024-02-23/
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nra-found-liable-money-mismanagement-by-manhattan-jury-says-former-ceo-wayne-lapierre-violated-duties
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jury-returns-verdict-in-wayne-lapierre-nra-corruption-civil-case/

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Anonymous Sat 24 Feb 2024 21:15:12 No.1270431 Report

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Jury says NRA ex-chief LaPierre liable for mismanaging gun rights group
By Jonathan Stempel and Jack Queen
February 23, 20248:04 PM ESTUpdated 12 hours ago
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NEW YORK, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Former longtime National Rifle Association chief Wayne LaPierre mismanaged the gun rights group and cost it millions of dollars through wasteful spending to support a lavish lifestyle, a jury found on Friday, recommending that he repay $4.35 million.
In a civil corruption case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, the six-person jury in Manhattan also recommended that former NRA treasurer and chief financial officer Wilson Phillips repay the group $2 million for his own mismanagement.
Another defendant, NRA current secretary and general counsel John Frazer, did not harm the group financially, the jury found.
In a 2020 lawsuit, James accused the NRA of letting top executives divert millions of dollars for luxuries, turning the group into "Wayne's World" as LaPierre enjoyed private jets, expensive trips and a Beverly Hills shopping spree.
James also said the NRA ignored the need for board approval to waive conflicts of interest and approve insider transactions.
"Today, after years of rampant corruption and self-dealing, Wayne LaPierre and the NRA are finally being held accountable," James said in a statement.
Jurors found that LaPierre caused $5.4 million of damage to the NRA, but had repaid $1.05 million.
Lawyers for the individual defendants did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Defense lawyers had called the lawsuit part of a political "witch hunt" because James, a Democrat, did not like what the NRA stood for and wanted to silence it.
Manhattan Judge Joel Cohen, who oversaw the trial, will have the final say on remedies.
NRA STRUGGLES

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Anonymous Sat 24 Feb 2024 21:16:14 No.1270435 Report

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[1/3]Wayne LaPierre, former CEO of the National Rifle Association (NRA), arrives at New York State Supreme Court for the NRA trial in New York City, U.S., February 23, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab

LaPierre, 74, faced possible removal before resigning in January after more than 32 years as chief executive.
He built the NRA into a political powerhouse, often allied with Republicans, that pressed Washington and statehouses to expand gun rights, even as mass shootings mounted nationwide.
But the group he once led has struggled in recent years, with revenue down 44% since 2016 and membership down by nearly a third since 2018, according to court papers filed last year.
In a statement, the NRA said Friday's verdict confirmed that the group had been "victimized by certain former vendors and 'insiders' who abused the trust" it had placed in them.
The jury began deliberating on Feb. 16 and needed five days to issue its recommendations.
The NRA since 1871 has been a New York-registered nonprofit organization, meaning its assets must be used to advance charitable needs and serve members.
In her closing argument for the state, Assistant Attorney General Monica Connell said the NRA, as a charity, should have spent money to advance its mission, and was deflecting blame after getting caught with its hands in the cookie jar.
"Saying you're sorry now, saying maybe you'll put back a couple of those cookies, doesn't mean you didn't take the cookies," Connell said.
James originally sought to dissolve the NRA, but Cohen ruled in 2022 that she had not shown sufficient public harm to justify a "corporate death penalty."

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Anonymous Sat 24 Feb 2024 21:17:16 No.1270437 Report

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In testimony last month, LaPierre admitted he should have told the NRA board about vacations he had taken with a Hollywood producer at about the same time the NRA began paying higher fees under a contract with a company the producer owned.
But LaPierre maintained that the NRA had undergone a "course correction" to improve accounting in 2018, and that James should have been "patting us on the back for the work we had done."
Reporting by Luc Cohen, Jack Queen and Jonathan Stempel in New York, Editing by Will Dunhan, Rosalba O'Brien and Noeleen Walder

Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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Anonymous Sat 24 Feb 2024 21:30:03 No.1270461 Report

Quoted By: >>1270468 >>1270502 >>1271073 >>1271132

Gun ownership rights are not human rights

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Anonymous Sat 24 Feb 2024 21:36:53 No.1270468 Report

Quoted By: >>1270508

>>1270461
keep on seething. gun rights are currently, always have been and always will be human rights.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Feb 2024 21:39:38 No.1270472 Report

Quoted By: >>1270475 >>1270483 >>1270484

>>1270429
>Letitia James shits bed big time. NRA not banned, in fact NRA will be paid $7.4 million
Premium schizo posting. Letitia James won the lawsuit. It alleged that several executives of the NRA misused funds to enrich themselves and are ordered to pay back what they stole to the people they stole it from - the NRA. You need some serious psychiatric help, OP.

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Anonymous Sat 24 Feb 2024 21:41:31 No.1270475 Report

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>>1270472
The corrupt chick from New York which also has corrupt judges?
It's crazy that corrupt judges would rule in her favor.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Feb 2024 21:47:26 No.1270483 Report

Quoted By: >>1270529

>>1270472
she didn't. she was attempting to get the NRA shutdown and she failed and instead managed to get the NRA a payday. she didn't care about lapiarre, she wanted the NRA dissolved
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/nra-cannot-be-dissolved-by-new-york-attorney-general-judge-rules-2022-03-02/

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Anonymous Sat 24 Feb 2024 21:48:36 No.1270484 Report

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>>1270472
It's almost like they make these threads for their fellow boomers on facebook who will never read them

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Feb 2024 22:09:31 No.1270502 Report

Quoted By: >>1270506

>>1270461
Brainwashed niggercattle slaves who fight against their own interests never learn.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Feb 2024 22:13:01 No.1270506 Report

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>>1270502
something tells me i don't have to listen to what your opinion on human rights is if you don't think certain humans are human in the first place

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Feb 2024 22:16:12 No.1270508 Report

Quoted By: >>1270513 >>1270516

>>1270468
>gun rights are currently, always have been and always will be human rights
why does the police use guns to take away my inalienable right to grow heroin for my private use?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Feb 2024 22:18:36 No.1270510 Report

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Libs owned again
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Feb 2024 22:23:05 No.1270513 Report

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>>1270508
Lobby to have your heroin reclassified as a class of arms, you lazy drug addicted bitch.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Feb 2024 22:28:23 No.1270516 Report

Quoted By: >>1270518

>>1270508
You don't grow heroin
You live in a tent behind Starbucks and smoke fentanyl

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Feb 2024 22:29:24 No.1270518 Report

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>>1270516
this is an anonymous website, what you're experiencing are delusions

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Feb 2024 23:11:21 No.1270527 Report

Quoted By: >>1270529

>>1270475
Might want to get your ankles checked after that pivot.

>she didn't. she was attempting to get the NRA shutdown and she failed and instead managed to get the NRA a payday.
She did. The lawsuit was alleging that LaPierre and several members of the executive board misused NRA funds for personal gain. The court agreed with her and order the thieves to return the money to the people they stole it from. The court disagreed with her resolution, not the factual basis of her suit. You don't know the difference because you're an idiot.

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Anonymous Sat 24 Feb 2024 23:16:54 No.1270529 Report

Quoted By: >>1270532 >>1270533

>>1270527
I'm>>1270483
letitia james got btfo'd and shit the bed. she was trying to get the NRA's charter revoked and dissolve them so they couldn't influence the 2024 election and so there would be fewer gun rights. all she did was get some fraudsters who no one in the NRA likes fired and force them to payback the NRA. its a total NRA victory. Its like you trying to say the US won afghanistan when everything literally just went back to status quo and the US didn't achieve anything

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Feb 2024 23:23:41 No.1270532 Report

Quoted By: >>1270539

>>1270529
Leticia James filed a lawsuit alleging that NRA executives misused NRA funds for personal gain. The court agreed. Now, the NRA is getting back the money stolen from it. She won her case. The fact that she didn't get the resolution she wanted doesn't change that. If I sue you for punching me and the resolution I want is to punch you back it doesn't mean I lost the case if the judge rules in my favor but denies my request to punch you back. Again, you don't know how court works because you're an idiot. I know partisan politics has melted your brains but your desperate attempt to frame this as some kind of own is beyond pathetic. Someone stole from the NRA. Lawsuit filed. Thieves found guilty. NRA gets money back. This is what happened. Go touch grass.

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Anonymous Sat 24 Feb 2024 23:24:10 No.1270533 Report

Quoted By: >>1270537 >>1270539

>>1270529
>she was trying to get the NRA's charter revoked and dissolve them so they couldn't influence the 2024 election and so there would be fewer gun rights
Conspiracy posting goes on >>>/pol/

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Anonymous Sat 24 Feb 2024 23:28:20 No.1270537 Report

Quoted By: >>1270543

>>1270533
You post non stop conspiracy theories here, retard.
You just don't care when the conspiracy theory aligns with your radical leftist outlook

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Feb 2024 23:30:49 No.1270539 Report

Quoted By: >>1270652

>>1270532
the only reason she sued was because she wanted to dissolve the NRA. that is the only reason she cared. Even the ACLU called her a partisan piece of shit and sided with the NRA
also she sued the NRA as a whole, not just lapiarre
>>1270533
https://news.yahoo.com/york-sues-break-nra-192423580.html
she sued the NRA and demanded it be dissolved

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Feb 2024 23:52:27 No.1270543 Report

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>>1270537
This is what radical far right republicans actually believe.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Feb 2024 02:12:09 No.1270616 Report

Quoted By: >>1270621

Right-wingers and trying to spin a narrative where one of their objective losses is in fact a win: name a more iconic duo.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Feb 2024 02:16:03 No.1270621 Report

Quoted By: >>1270622 >>1270635

>>1270616
>grifter who was fucking over the NRA gets fired
>forced to pay the NRA back
>Somehow the NRA having more money and a better leader is a loss

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Feb 2024 02:16:32 No.1270622 Report

Quoted By: >>1270623 >>1270628 >>1270631

>>1270621
more throwing your own under the bus. love to see it

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Feb 2024 02:18:03 No.1270623 Report

Quoted By: >>1270629

>>1270622
They actually belong to you, thus the throwy under bus-y

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Feb 2024 02:20:42 No.1270628 Report

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>>1270622
I wonder if you've taken your yearly pilgrimage to McCain's grave yet this year.
I'd imagine that's more of a early summer activity though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Feb 2024 02:20:48 No.1270629 Report

Quoted By: >>1270634

>>1270623
i think you need to take a break, you're not making any sense. do you get breaks?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Feb 2024 02:23:46 No.1270631 Report

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>>1270622
>man who was embezzling pro gun funds is one of ours
>making someone pay back the money they embezzled is throwing him under the bus

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Feb 2024 02:27:49 No.1270634 Report

Quoted By: >>1270636 >>1270639

>>1270629
I wish I were a UN/WEF shill. I've heard they get 2 hour lunches.
I could advocate for all the horrors beyond human comprehension too for a 2 hour lunch.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Feb 2024 02:27:59 No.1270635 Report

Quoted By: >>1270638

>>1270621
Cope: The Post. If the court had ruled in LaPierre's favor, you'd claim that he was unfairly being targeted in a witch hunt and that he should remain leader of the NRA. But since they ruled against him, you claim that he was always a fraudulent piece of shit. You had an out either way the ruling went, because you engage in bad faith and don't have any actual principles.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Feb 2024 02:28:31 No.1270636 Report

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>>1270634
so no breaks, huh. i hope you get a better job than this

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Feb 2024 02:29:55 No.1270638 Report

Quoted By: >>1270640

>>1270635
no, I don't like lapierre. you are just mad you lost

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Feb 2024 02:30:07 No.1270639 Report

Quoted By: >>1270642

>>1270634
>UN/WEF shill
What does this even mean? Does anyone here speak qtard?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Feb 2024 02:30:32 No.1270640 Report

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>>1270638
is he antifa?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Feb 2024 02:32:00 No.1270642 Report

Quoted By: >>1270643 >>1270644

>>1270639
Oh you haven't hear about the UN/WEF initiative to fuck up the Internet?
Well, you're low information, huh?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Feb 2024 02:32:50 No.1270643 Report

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>>1270642
we've heard about your shill farm

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Feb 2024 02:33:20 No.1270644 Report

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>>1270642
I know what it is but I'm not a paranoid schizo so I don't think it means what you think it means.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Feb 2024 03:43:34 No.1270652 Report

Quoted By: >>1270653 >>1270991

>>1270539
>“My office filed a lawsuit against the National Rifle Association to dissolve the organization in its entirety.”
Gun schizo is actually right this time. Libs unironically btfo

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Feb 2024 03:47:27 No.1270653 Report

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>>1270652
parrot

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Anonymous Sun 25 Feb 2024 21:57:24 No.1270991 Report

Quoted By: >>1271051 >>1271097

>>1270652
>Still loudly not understanding the difference between a judge ruling against a case and ruling against a proposed resolution
The IQ is too dim in here for this conversation, honestly.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Feb 2024 02:22:36 No.1271051 Report

Quoted By: >>1271054 >>1271076 >>1271078

>>1270991
your attempt to reframe the argument isn't working. letitia's stated agenda in bringing this case was to dissolve the nra. instead she netted them a payout.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Feb 2024 02:24:04 No.1271054 Report

Quoted By: >>1271098

>>1271051
Correct. And what makes this so fucking stupid is
>The NRA filed for bankruptcy protection in early 2021 to reorganize its business and register its nonprofit status in Texas

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Feb 2024 03:23:46 No.1271073 Report

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>>1270461
They are Constitutional rights, which is what really matters before the law

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Anonymous Mon 26 Feb 2024 03:35:38 No.1271076 Report

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>>1271051
>your attempt to reframe the argument isn't working
It isn't working because you have no clue how courts work. Person file suit. Judge agrees with person.

>letitia's stated agenda in bringing this case was to dissolve the nra
There's nothing I can say that will make sense to your brain. She won the suit. The judge ruled in her favor. If you can't process that there's nothing I can do to help you.

>instead she netted them a payout.
Restitution is not a payout. I have no clue how badly your brain has been melted by partisan dogshit that you think thieves being forced to pay back the organization they stole from is some kind of own.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Feb 2024 03:36:33 No.1271077 Report

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>your attempt to reframe the argument isn't working
It isn't working because you have no clue how courts work.

>letitia's stated agenda in bringing this case was to dissolve the nra
There's nothing I can say that will make sense to your brain. She won the case. The judge ruled in her favor. If you can't process that there's nothing I can do to help you.

>instead she netted them a payout.
Restitution is not a payout. I have no clue how badly your brain has been melted by partisan dogshit that you think thieves being forced to pay back the organization they stole from is some kind of own.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Feb 2024 03:37:17 No.1271078 Report

Quoted By: >>1271079

>>1271051
>your attempt to reframe the argument isn't working
It isn't working because you have no clue how courts work.

>letitia's stated agenda in bringing this case was to dissolve the nra
There's nothing I can say that will make sense to your brain. She won the case. The judge ruled in her favor. If you can't process that there's nothing I can do to help you.

>instead she netted them a payout.
Restitution is not a payout. I have no clue how badly your brain has been melted by partisan dogshit that you think thieves being forced to pay back the organization they stole from is some kind of own.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Feb 2024 03:41:03 No.1271079 Report

Quoted By: >>1271086

>>1271078
>Restitution is not a payout
You are splitting some mighty thing hairs there, shill-chan

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Anonymous Mon 26 Feb 2024 04:11:45 No.1271086 Report

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>>1271079
If you have no clue how courts work or the difference between simple legal principals like restitution vs. damages then I can see how this would seem like splitting hairs to you. You're retarded and think all of these things are the same because you have no clue what you're talking about.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Feb 2024 04:33:35 No.1271097 Report

Quoted By: >>1271099

>>1270991
letitia james's entire goal with the lawsuit was to dissolve the NRA. she did not give a single shit about the grifters, she wanted total NRA death. she failed her strategic goal, she lost

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Feb 2024 04:35:33 No.1271098 Report

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>>1271054
she tried to block them from doing that
>Although a successful bankruptcy may not have ended the New York attorney general's enforcement actions, Hale added, it could have taken away the attorney general's ability to dissolve the nonprofit, which would have given the NRA a distinct litigation advantage.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/11/nra-lawsuit-texas/

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Anonymous Mon 26 Feb 2024 04:35:42 No.1271099 Report

Quoted By: >>1271100

>>1271097
>her strategic goal
this isn't the war you shill for, faggot

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Feb 2024 04:36:51 No.1271100 Report

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>>1271099
literally is a war, humans vs communist

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Feb 2024 09:36:17 No.1271132 Report

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>>1270461
> can I defend myself?
> NO! That's not your right!
> can I chop off my dick and shoot up estrogen to become a tranny?
> YES! That is your natural human right and the tax payers should pick up the tab!

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