April 17, 2024 – The Hill reported today on a settlement agreement between Brewer client the National Rifle Association of America (NRA), the NRA Foundation, and the District of Columbia Attorney General (DCAG). The reporting includes comments from firm partner William Brewer, who responded to statements from DCAG Brian Schwalb as “distorted and untruthful.”
As stated by the NRA, “On April 16, 2024, the NRA and NRA Foundation entered into a consent order [resolving an August 2020 lawsuit], whereby the DCAG dismisses all claims against the NRA. The order contains no adverse finding against the NRA and no allegations regarding the use of funds of the NRA Foundation. There are no fines or penalties whatsoever against the NRA. DCAG Schwalb described the settlement differently.”
As reported by The Hill, the NRA also fought back against Schwalb’s characterization of the settlement in a statement to The Hill, with NRA counsel William Brewer calling it “distorted and untruthful.”
“The DCAG ‘spins’ today’s settlement in avoidance of the facts: the DCAG long ago abandoned any claims of wrongdoing against the NRA,” Brewer wrote. “Even by DC standards, this is rank political gamesmanship — an after-the-fact justification for a failed lawsuit by these officials.”
Brewer continued, claiming that many of the claims Schwalb alleged against the NRA Foundation were unfounded, specifically noting that the settlement agreement includes no accusations or implications of wrongdoing by the organization.
“In the face of these facts, the DCAG settled its lawsuit — abandoning all claims against the NRA and NRA Foundation,” he wrote.
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