The lawsuit calls for the Trump-supporting organization to be dismantled and its infamous CEO, Wayne LaPierre, who has lived lavishly off his NRA stewardship, to be removed
Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images On Thursday, New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit in the State Supreme Court against the National Rifle Association, claiming the powerful gun-rights-advocacy nonprofit used millions of dollars to benefit its leaders and commit tax fraud.
The lawsuit demands that the court order LaPierre and three NRA deputies — general counsel and secretary John Frazer, chief financial officer Wilson Phillips, and director of general operations Josh Powell — to return funds to NRA members they defrauded.
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