Judge refuses to dismiss New York AG's lawsuit against NRA
NEW YORK - State Attorney General Tish James' lawsuit seeking to dissolve the National Rifle Association can move forward, a state judge ruled Thursday.
Judge Joel Cohen denied the NRA's motions to dismiss the case, pause it or transfer it to a different court.
The attorney general filed the suit in state court in August, seeking to put the NRA out of business, charging that its leaders misused funds and engaged in self-dealing.
The NRA argued that the case should be tossed because it belongs in federal, not state court, and that it should be heard in Albany instead of Manhattan.
The judge rejected all of those requests.
“The attorney general is the chief law enforcement of the state of New York. She is enforcing a New York state statute,” Cohen said at a virtual court hearing. “It would be inappropriate in these circumstances to find that the attorney general cannot pursue her claims in state court just because one of the defendants prefers to proceed in federal court.”
The lawsuit accuses Wayne LaPierre,...
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