The National Rifle Association has responded to the lawsuit filed against it by New York Attorney General Leticia James by filing a countersuit alleging political bias.
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According to Fox News:
The NRA’s lawsuit was filed in the federal court of New York and alleges Attorney General Letitia James “made the political prosecution of the NRA a central campaign theme” when she was running for the AG’s office in 2018, and has not treated the association fairly since.
“Despite hopes that playing by the rules would procure a just outcome, the NRA has not been treated fairly by James’s office,” the 19-page suit states. “The New York Democratic Party political machine seeks to harass, defund, and dismantle the NRA because of what it believes and what it says.”
The defamation allegations stem from James’ public descriptions of the NRA as a “criminal enterprise” and “a terrorist organization.”
“James boasted that she would strike foul blows against the NRA and pound the NRA into submission. She vowed that she would use the NYAG’s investigative and enforcement powers for the precise purpose of stanching political speech (‘deadly propaganda),” the lawsuit states. “She has begun to deliver on her campaign promises to retaliate against the NRA for constitutionally protected speech on issues that James opposes. As NYAG, James has regrettably succumbed to ‘individual passions, and individual malevolence.’”
President Trump also slammed the suit and called on the NRA to move:
President Trump also slammed James’ suit against the group, calling it “a very terrible thing.”
“I think the NRA should move to Texas and lead a very good and beautiful life. And I’ve told them that for a long time. I think they should move to Texas – Texas would be a great state or to another state of their choosing – but I would say that Texas would be a great place and an appropriate place for the NRA.”
James tweeted:
The four defendants failed to fulfill their fiduciary duty to the NRA and used millions upon millions from NRA reserves for personal use, including:
➡️trips for them and their families to the Bahamas & safaris in Africa
➡️private jets
➡️expensive meals
➡️and other private travel— NY AG James (@NewYorkStateAG) August 6, 2020
James claimed that the losses to the NRA caused by the fraud were $64 million.
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Attorney General Letitia James is a frigging idiot. New York has turned out to be the East Coast California. The voters in these two states have sent more morons to Congress than all the rest of the country put together.
She may be able to force NRA from New York,but she will NEVER get our GUNS! JUST THE HOT END…I PROMISE
MAGA 2020 AND BEYOND
Wow, what a mistake this woman is making. You don’t mess with the NRA. They will fight her all the way and rightly so. We have a right to carry arms – there will be a civil war if that goes through, believe me. That is what they did in Germany right off the bat. They took all the guns from their people. And you saw what happened to those people. Just step one in becoming a gest*po state.
So did the communists in the Soviet Union, Red China, Cuba, and every other place they took over. It’s the way of totalitarians.
It’s the way of the Democratic Party also!
If New York allows this stupid witch to do this, our constitution is in terrible danger from the idiot Democrats.
Soooo, now the NY AG is using taxpayer money to sue the NRA. And just when Idjit Cuomo is begging rich folk to come back to NY. Hahahaha! They are SO stoopid!
He just wants to screw them over some more.
Lowest denominator.
Christianity vs. Islam!
Time to remove this democrat from office for using her office to change history to her liking. Pure democrat chance to tie up them in court if so make her pat all lawyers both sides. For political gain as a socialist only to be proved wrong.
Americans are getting to stupid to keep slugges like her out of office.
That is what happen when the education became indoctrination centers for the commies.
You are absolutely correct Chuck. Now the teacher’s union wants to strike over social justice — I say — strike — it has already been proven we don’t need public schools to teach our young, we are better off without them.
voters in democrat bastions, have been trained to vote too partisan stupid for that.
This awful AG b…ch should be kicked out through any door of any building she is in.
The AG ahs been nothing but 100% left wing and only attacked those who Support the President of the United States.
When is she going to try to sue me?
Between the State Government and DeBlasio in NYC, the state is going belly up.
She should be pressing charges against Cuomo and DeBlasio for murder and domestic terrorism!
you cannot fix stupid!
Yeah, you can, with a well placed bullet!
Ron — she is one of the “domestic terrorists” !!!
Screw New York. NRA, move to FLORIDA where you can actually keep what you earn.
Right. Move anywhere where the state is conservative and has people who have patriotism. I don’t know why the NRA hasn’t moved long ago. Does this liberal AG think she can have a case about how the d NRA spends it money? It has nothing to do with government. This case should be thrown out asap. But being in NY I won’t hold my breath. Gun owners, if you aren’t an NRA member, now is the time to join.
This ag can try. Too many people are now seeing that the demonrats are trying every dirty trick in the book to chip away our constitutional rights. But, that will never happen. There are over 200 million registered gun owner recorded on record, but people have had guns as long as this country was created. So, that will tell you more than 200 million people own weapons. Not just guns either. This women should reconsider her vioation to the constitution of people’s rights, because she might get dead because of her intrusion on people’s rights. Never a good idea to mess with our constitution, it already states the right to bare arms. For this exact reason. GOVERMENT TYRANNY!!!!!!👎👎👎👎👎🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Don’t people KNOW History (rhetorical!!) The NRA was started for BLACKS; so BLACKS could own firearms!!
And people still send their kids to Commie ‘Education’ Camps (aka Skool) in which they are taught FAKE/NO History!! YOU are NOT a parent if you DO send your kids to Public (Government) Skool! After all 2+2=5, right?! (CommieCore ‘math’ says so!)
Don’t you wish we could use their Common Core math for our income taxes!
HELLO, NO! Think the same fellow wrote the common core curriculum, the IRS regulations & forms we have to file on, & also the Affordable Obamacare that put more than ever without health insurance and premiums so high with less coverage, those who had it couldn’t afford to use it. FUBAR AGAIN!
That pathetic Soro puppet should be thrown out of offcice with Vance, Cuomo and DiBlasio.
Oh you KNOW that this wench is one of Soros’ AGs, just like Kim Gardner in Mo. Communists!!
The story has it that she is funded by a soros organization. I wouldn’t be surprised if gun-grabber bloomburg didn’t have a hand in this either.
This is not a charity, it is a tax exempt educational organization and she cannot dissolve it since it was approved by the IRS. She had no issue with the NY totally corrupt and piggy bank Clinton Foundation charity. It included a multi million dollar penthouse exclusively for the Clintons as well as hundreds of millions for private travel. All you need to know about her.
Well said. THAT is why Soros hides IN NY because he is wanted by so many nations.
Locked and Ioad have a plenty of ammo let’s the fun begin
if anyone needs investigation it’s the new yorks AG Office for wholesale corruption and the protection racket it which has been going for years and years for the demonrtic party and its hit men. AG Barr must begin investigstion of a very long time corrputed office as well as being paid off by the Clintons, Obama adn George Soros. she is corrupted and needs to be sent to feedral prison along with the rest of her democratic black syndicate mafia.
one day the ax falls on the Soros Democrat Marxist black mafia will be a day to celebrate.
Corruption running AMUKE in DC. What else is new. In President Trumps Second term he will be able to really CLEAN HOUSE.
I respectfully disagree, NRA should be free to pursue their stayed purpose of defending the CONSTITUTION and 2ND amendment in any and every state without fear of reprisal from any state or federal government office
The NRA is not just four officers.We are millions strong . She has stimulated the greatest membership drive ever. Any gun owner not a member is getting a free ride
what we ALL boycott anything and all things NY!
NY is effing up oneright after the other I in a terminal virtue signaling drama queen way. Killercommicuomo killing off seniors and everyone else he sent there, promises by the legal authorities to get the President, NRA etc.
they’ve killed themselves as credibility goes, the NRA filed countersuit on this sad excuse for a human. Democrats are traitors. They’re being arrested every day it seems. The house of cards is falling. And rightly so. Bye NY unless you stand up to these communist abusers.
Attorney General Letitia James is a idiot. New York has turned out to be the East Coast California. The voters in these two states have sent more morons to Congress than all the rest of the country put together.
What do you mean — senators like schumer and gillibrand, reps like nadler, a governor like cuomo and a NYC mayor like deblasio ???? We can thank nyc and vacinity voters for that — upstate is completely different for the most part.
Just stating a fact.
This wench is, like Kim Garner and others, one of Soros’ AGs. They are democommunists.
Demetri, I share your disfavor of the NY AG, but think your assessment of her personal life is a really low blow. Be better than that, save your misogyny and racism for somebody that really deserves it. (Like Hillary or Angela Davis). Be nice, and fight clean.
Tyranny!
You know something. IF New York still exists in a year or more under the Democrats. I fear it will become nothing but the headquarters for the world’s crime cartels under Cuomo and DeBlasio. Of the headquarters for a Socialist, Marxist, and Communist regime. But if it can last through another election. I believe that New York will do some serious self questioning and may change their minds about the direction the Democrats are taking it.
Between Oprah and Soros DA’s, we need to start taking the fight to them. Time for real war. People have until November 3to to get their shit together. Because if Democrats cheat to win, it’s game over. Everyone knows it.
New York is tobacco road, tear it down and start all over again. What this fool is trying to do is unconstitutional
OK – so when are the weak-kneed repubs gonna go after Planned Butcherhood?
Before you move the NRA out of NY make sure your counter-suit includes cuomo and deblasio. They are as much to blame for this moron AG and her gun-grabbing BS. You might better move with NY’s money if they are so ignorant as to let this idiot continue her disasterous agenda. I have been living in NY for personal reasons but it is all settled now so I will be out of here before winter sets in. I am tired of the TOTAL incompetence,taxes and corruption that is running rampant in this state. And with elected officials like cuomo,deblasio, schumer,nadler,gillibrand and many more — it won’t get any better in the near future.
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