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Judge Dismisses NRA Bankruptcy Case, Heightening Risk For Dissolution Of Group
By Tim Mak
May 11, 2021
Updated at 6:43 pm ET
A federal bankruptcy judge dismissed an effort by the National Rifle Association to declare bankruptcy on Tuesday, ruling that the gun rights group had not filed the case in good faith.
The ruling slams the door on the NRA’s attempt to use bankruptcy laws to evade New York officials seeking to dissolve the organization. In his decision, the federal judge said that “using this bankruptcy case to address a regulatory enforcement problem” was not a permitted use of bankruptcy.
The bankruptcy trial had paused other legal challenges the NRA had been facing, but this decision returns the group to its confrontation with the New York attorney general, who is seeking to shut it down over alleged “fraud and abuse.”
THE National Rifle Association’s (NRA) bid to avoid a corruption lawsuit in New York has been slapped down by a federal judge meaning the notorious gun lobbying group faces a case that aims to put it out of business.
The organisation, whose powerful Washington influence is often seen as a major obstacle to gun control efforts in the United States, filed for bankruptcy in New York in the hope of reincorporating in Texas.
But Judge Harlin Hale said he did not believe the bankruptcy had been filed in good faith.
And he took aim at NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre, who acknowledged filing for bankruptcy without the knowledge of most of its board, saying: “Excluding so many people from the process of deciding to file for bankruptcy, including the vast majority of the board of directors, the chief financial officer, and the general counsel, is nothing less than shocking.”