{"id":121807,"date":"2019-04-29T18:41:40","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T22:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=121807"},"modified":"2019-04-29T18:41:40","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T22:41:40","slug":"new-york-attorney-general-misuses-resources-to-take-down-the-nra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=121807","title":{"rendered":"New York Attorney General Misuses Resources to Take Down the NRA"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Trump: NRA Under &#8216;Illegal Investigation&#8217; By Cuomo And New York AG<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>President Trump on Monday said that the National Rifle Association (NRA) is &#8220;under siege by Cuomo and the New York State A.G.,&#8221; who he accused of &#8220;illegally using the State&#8217;s legal apparatus to take down and destroy this very important organization.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The NRA is under siege by Cuomo and the New York State A.G., who are illegally using the State\u2019s legal apparatus to take down and destroy this very important organization, &amp; others. It must get its act together quickly, stop the internal fighting, &amp; get back to GREATNESS &#8211; FAST!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1122837541084958725?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In a subsequent Monday tweet, Trump said: &#8220;People are fleeing New York State because of high taxes and yes, even oppression of sorts. They didn\u2019t even put up a fight against SALT &#8211; could have won. So much litigation. The NRA should leave and fight from the outside of this very difficult to deal with (unfair) State!&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The NRA is under siege by Cuomo and the New York State A.G., who are illegally using the State\u2019s legal apparatus to take down and destroy this very important organization, &amp; others. It must get its act together quickly, stop the internal fighting, &amp; get back to GREATNESS &#8211; FAST!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1122837541084958725?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s tweets come\u00a0after New York Attorney General\u00a0Letitia James&#8217; office announced on Saturday that her office\u00a0had launched an investigation into the NRA and issued subpoenas to the organization, following reports of an\u00a0internal dispute between the group&#8217;s president, Oliver North, and its CEO, Wayne LaPierre &#8211; in which North accused LaPierre of financial malfeasance, including misappropriating $200,000 of NRA funds to purchase clothing from an NRA vendor, according to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/oliver-north-out-as-nra-president-11556376506\"><em>Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"1\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--cta js-clickToOpenTarget tweet-InformationCircle-widgetParent\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1122853926087348224\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-twitter-event-id=\"5\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweetContainer\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p>Mr. North, in a letter read to NRA members Saturday morning at the group\u2019s annual meeting in Indianapolis, said he had hoped to be renominated for a second one-year term as president, but \u201cI am now informed that will not happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The departure of Mr. North, a conservative folk hero from his days as an Iran-Contra figure, comes after\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/nras-wayne-lapierre-says-he-is-being-extorted-pressured-to-resign-11556314763?mod=searchresults&amp;page=1&amp;pos=3&amp;mod=article_inline\">NRA Chief Executive Wayne LaPierre sent a letter to the NRA board\u00a0<\/a>accusing Mr. North of trying to extort him and force him out over allegations of financial improprieties. &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/oliver-north-out-as-nra-president-11556376506\"><em>Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the\u00a0<em>Journal<\/em>, the investigation is focused on &#8220;related-party transactions between the NRA and its board members; unauthorized political activity; and potentially false or misleading disclosures in regulatory filings.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In response to Trump&#8217;s tweet,\u00a0<strong>Cuomo (D) tweeted back:<\/strong>\u00a0&#8220;Unlike you, President Trump, New York is not afraid to stand up to the NRA.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2019-04-29\/trump-nra-under-illegal-investigation-como-and-new-york-ag\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2019-04-29\/trump-nra-under-illegal-investigation-como-and-new-york-ag<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"2\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--cta js-clickToOpenTarget tweet-InformationCircle-widgetParent\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYGovCuomo\/status\/1122879423378804736\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-twitter-event-id=\"3\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweetContainer\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump: NRA Under &#8216;Illegal Investigation&#8217; 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