DC Attorney General Blasts NRA Foundation: 'Unchecked Piggy Bank'
by Newsweek
Newsweek— The National Rifle Association (NRA) has averted facing another civil trial after reaching a settlement with Washington, D.C., Attorney General Brian Schwalb, who criticized the group's charitable branch as an "unchecked piggy bank."Schwalb's office sued the NRA and its charity, the NRA Foundation, for allegedly misusing millions of tax-deductible donations to compensate for the organization's waning funds. Trial for the suit was scheduled to begin on April 29, roughly two months after a New...
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