Thread by @NewtownAction

At 11:30AM EDT, watch the NRA’s six-day bankruptcy trial where NRA executives including Wayne Lapierre will be examined and cross-examined. Find Judge Hale’s WebEX link here: txnb.uscourts.gov/judges-info/he… #DissolveTheNRA

2. History: On 8/6/20, the @NewYorkStateAG Tish James officially filed a lawsuit to #DissolvetheNRA after investigating the organization since Feb 2019 & found the senior leadership had illegally used the NRA's charitable finances for personal use. marieclaire.com/politics/a3405…

3. The NRA filed for bankruptcy on 1/15/21 & made an announcement that it would leave New York State to reincorporate in Texas to evade accountability and the @NewYorkStateAG office's oversight. cnn.com/2021/01/15/bus… #DissolveTheNRA

@NewYorkStateAG 4. Wayne LaPierre & other top NRA officials are poised to testify in public for the 1st time on allegations of spending abuses at the group. wsj.com/articles/nra-l… #DissolveTheNRA

@NewYorkStateAG 5. The @WSJ reviewed travel itineraries, emails and aviation records & found the NRA paid for private jets to fly to and from central Nebraska to ferry Wayne Lapierre's relatives. wsj.com/articles/priva… #DissolveTheNRA

6. Wayne LaPierre & current & former NRA executives used millions of dollars donated to the NRA to finance luxury lifestyles, enrich friends & family. Their actions caused losses of more than $64 million from 2018-2020 alone. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… #DissolveTheNRA

7. In Oct 2020, the IRS launched a criminal investigation into Wayne LaPierre for potential criminal tax fraud related to his personal taxes. He was paid $2.2M by the NRA in 2018. His total reported pay from 2014-2018 was $11.2M. wsj.com/articles/irs-i… #DissolveTheNRA

8. To escape a legal reckoning, the NRA went shopping for a friendlier state. Internal documents show an NRA law firm spent at least 5 months developing the group’s plan to declare bankruptcy & reincorporate outside New York. thetrace.org/2021/03/nra-ne… #DissolveTheNRA

9. Ackerman McQueen, NRA’s former ad agency embroiled in a complex legal battle with the NRA, claims NRA bankruptcy was filed in bad faith & should be dismissed. The NRA “did not file this bankruptcy for a legitimate goal of reorganization”. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

10. Ackerman McQueen is a defendant in 3 lawsuits brought by the NRA, & is a co-defendant with the NRA in a lawsuit pending in New York. The Brewer law firm representing the NRA in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy has “divided loyalties & conflicts of interest”. news.bloomberglaw.com/bankruptcy-law…

11. A traveling “glam squad” for Wayne LaPierre’s wife is just one example of how the NRA CEO misused donors’ money, a lawyer for @NewYorkStateAG said Monday as a closely-watched bankruptcy hearing got underway. google.com/amp/s/www.nyda… #DissolveTheNRA

12. When the NRA filed a fed bankruptcy petition in TX, the grp’s website boasted of being “in its strongest financial condition in years.” “By the NRA’s own words, it is not only solvent but financially strong,” Assistant AG Monica Connell told the judge. google.com/amp/s/lawandcr…

13. The @NewYorkStateAG says LaPierre may have duped the NRA board into authorizing the bankruptcy by approving his employment agreement, which contained a provision that appears to give him power to make financial restructuring decisions for the NRA. today.westlaw.com/Document/I410d…

14. Wayne LaPierre unilaterally authorized the January chapter 11 filing without proper NRA board approval, Gerrit Pronske, a lawyer representing the @NewYorkStateAG office, said during a virtual hearing in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Dallas last Wed. google.com/amp/s/www.wsj.…

15. Wayne LaPierre, admitted in a deposition that he/his family absconded on a 100ft yacht because they were in fear of getting killed. Ironically, his confession effectively neutralized the NRA argument that guns are the be-all/end-all to personal safety. hillreporter.com/nras-leader-ad…