Testifying now in the NRA bankruptcy case is the group's board member, Wichita Judge Phil Journey.
The trial has resumed after the lunch recess.
When asked before the break whether he described Wayne LaPierre's filing of the bankruptcy filing as a fraud upon the court, Judge Journey answered: "Yes."
Journey claims he and the board wasn't notified.
The NRA's lawyer Greg Garman is now questioning Judge Journey.
Garman asks Judge Journey how many interviews he has granted to the press since the NYAG's case.
"I'm sure your Google search would be more accurate than mine, but less than 100 and more than 10," Journey replies.
Journey says he now tells reporters that he has been barred by court order from speaking more to the press at this time.
Garman asks him about the NRA's concerns about confidentiality.
Next witness: NRA's CFO and Treasurer Craig Spray
Spray is now being questioned by @NewYorkStateAG's assistant Yael Fuchs.
Spray testified of the NRA: "We had a very good financial year," before filing for bankruptcy.
Asked whether there was no financial reason to seek bankruptcy protection, Spray said: "To the best of my knowledge, that's true."
Like Judge Journey, the NRA's CFO testifies that he was blindsided by the bankruptcy petition.
"No, I was not informed," he said.
Q: And you were surprised to hear about the bankruptcy filing, is that correct.
A: I was.
Spray says he had never heard of Sea Girt, LLC, a company created in Texas to establish jurisdiction for bankruptcy there.
NY regulators call it LaPierre's "wholly owned shell company."
Spray describes not feeling comfortable signing the NRA's form 990s, which LaPierre signed instead in November.
Q: Ultimately, you didn’t sign the 990.
A: That’s correct.
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Gruber is now rolling tape from LaPierre's March 23rd deposition, where he cited the NYAG's action to dissolve the NRA or put it into receivership as the reason to file for bankruptcy.
NRA's general counsel John Frazer previously testified that he did not know that he did not know Wayne LaPierre's contract allowed him to file Chapter 11, Gruber notes.
Gruber asks LaPierre about that.
LaPierre: "I don't know what Mr. Frazer understood at that point."
Wayne LaPierre has now taken the stand in the NRA bankruptcy trial. Here is our preview story on his testimony, which will be updated throughout the day.
James Sheehan, the @NewYorkStateAG's charities chief, is currently grilling him.
Q: Is it true you send no emails?
A: That's correct.
Q: Is it true that you send no texts?
A: That's correct.
Sheehan asks LaPierre about whether he filed the bankruptcy petition to dodge the NYAG suit.
"We filed this bankruptcy to look for a fair legal playing field where the the NRA can prosper and grow," LaPierre claims, calling the New York atmosphere toxic and weaponized.
In the clip at the top of the thread, Ms. Albert was talking about the legacy of the SCOTUS ruling in Shelby County. She talked about what's at stake in the Brnovich case heard earlier this month here.
In the Maxwell decision, the phrase "sensational and impure" is cited to the Second Circuit case U.S. v. Amodeo, decided in 1995 and governing public access issues, including for SDNY.
That case, in turn, cites another case for that language.
That citation goes to the Supreme Court of Rhode Island from 1893, a state court decision outside the Second Circuit's jurisdiction from the turn of the century.
Back then, a reporter wanted divorce records, the judges found, to satisfy mere curiosity. casetext.com/case/request-o…