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Skullduggery

Gunning for the NRA

Skullduggery

Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman, Victoria Bassetti

Politics, White House, News Commentary, Government, Senate, Podcasts, President, House Of Representatives, News, Victoria Bassetti, Supreme Court, Michael Isikoff, Foreign Policy, Scandels, Yahoo News, Voting, Elections, Skullduggery, Daniel Klaidman

4.02K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2020

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Yahoo News White House Correspondent Hunter Walker, Author Frank Smyth, and Journalist Jonathan Alter join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First, Walker delivers updates on the Trump Campaign and the recent news about the President possibly accepting his formal nomination for re-election from the White House. Does this violate the Hatch Act? Then, Smyth discusses New York Attorney General Letitia James' lawsuit against the NRA and its misuse of charitable funds for personal gain in hopes to dissolve it. And finally, Alter compares this year's presidential race to that of 1932 when FDR swamped Herbert Hoover in the height of The Great Depression.

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0:00.0

For these years of fraud and misconduct, we are seeking an order to dissolve the NRA in

0:11.7

its entirety.

0:12.7

It's clear that the NRA has been failing to carry out its stated mission for many, many

0:17.2

years.

0:18.2

And instead, as operated as a breeding ground for greed, abuse, and brazen illegality.

0:29.7

This New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday announcing a groundbreaking

0:34.3

lawsuit against what has arguably been the most powerful lobbying organization in America,

0:40.2

the National Rifle Association.

0:42.6

The lawsuit accuses the group's top officials, starting with executive vice president Wayne

0:46.9

Loppierre, of essentially using the NRA as a personal piggy bank, diverting millions

0:52.7

of dollars in member dues to pay for lavish, all expense paid trips to the Bahamas, a

0:58.4

safari in Africa, use of 107 foot yacht in the Caribbean, golfies, gifts, and much else.

1:05.4

The suit by James, a Democrat, has enormous political implications, given the huge sums

1:10.6

the NRA has spent in recent years to boost the campaigns of Donald Trump and Republican

1:15.9

members of Congress.

1:17.6

We'll discuss the NRA lawsuit with Yahoo News' Hunter Walker and with Frank Smythe, author

1:23.1

of a new, unauthorized history of the gun rights organization.

1:27.3

And we'll talk to our old Newsweek colleague John Alter about the comparisons between

1:31.6

this year's presidential race and that in 1932, when FDR swamped Herbert Hoover during

1:38.3

the height of the Great Depression, all on this episode of Skull Dugger.

1:44.1

Because people have got to know whether or not they're president of S. Crook, well, I'm

1:53.4

not a crook.

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