July 14, 2024 – The New York Times reports that Brewer client the National Rifle Association of America (NRA) is preparing to return to a Manhattan courtroom in connection with a lawsuit filed by the New York Attorney General's office – and that the "stakes this time will be far higher."
The Times reports that "the NRA's leadership, not the group itself, was most at risk heading into the earlier phase of the trial. In the second phase, scheduled to begin on Monday in State Supreme Court, a judge will decide whether the group needs outside monitoring, a step that would curb its independence, at least temporarily, and that it stridently opposes."
“Every witness with personal knowledge of the internal workings of the association today concurs that further state intrusion poses a grave, needless threat to the NRA’s recovery,” the association said in a recent legal filing, adding that the first part of the trial had aired events from its “distant past.”
The reporting included comment from the NRA's lead counsel, William A. Brewer III, who acknowledged that "there was misconduct by former vendors and insiders" but said there was "no evidence it continues today. Not a shred."
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