New York versus The NRA
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🗓️ 13 August 2020
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
The NRA is one of America's most powerful lobby groups. Now it has become the target of a lawsuit brought by New York's attorney-general. The organisation stands accused of "years of self-dealing and illegal conduct" by its top executives. The lawsuit could spell the end of the NRA, but could it change minds about the role of guns in American society?
Guests:
Henry Zeffman, Washington correspondent for The Times.
Host: David Aaronovitch.
Clips used: History Channel, C-SPAN, ABC7NY, Bloomberg, CNN, NRA, Reagan Library, Global News, CNBC, ABC News, Jared Law.
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| 0:00.0 | The National Rifle Association is probably the most powerful lobby group in America. |
| 0:07.0 | But as of last week, it became a target itself firmly in the sights of the Attorney General of New York. |
| 0:15.5 | My office filed a lawsuit against the National Rifle Association to dissolve the organization |
| 0:21.0 | in its entirety for years of self-dealing and illegal |
| 0:25.0 | conduct. It's alleged that some of the NRA's top executives, including the |
| 0:29.6 | veteran vice president Wayne La Pierre, have been living high on the hog at the charity's expense. |
| 0:37.0 | Really high. |
| 0:38.0 | Millions of dollars on private travel, eight trips to the Bahamas in just a three-year period, a $17 million contract with the NRA. |
| 0:46.0 | It could mean the end of the NRA. |
| 0:49.0 | So is this the court case that could change America? |
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| 0:55.2 | I'm David Ronovich. |
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