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The National Rifle Association (NRA) settled a suit with the D.C. Attorney General\u2019s Office on Wednesday, concluding a three-and-a-half-year case by promising to reform its troubled charity arm, avoiding a trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prosecutors said the NRA Foundation misused more than $10 million in tax-deductible donations, illegally funneling the money into its parent organization for political activity. The case was set to go to trial April 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The settlement comes as the NRA recovers from a disastrous New York corruption trial, which saw the organization and its top executives levied with multimillion-dollar penalties for misuse of funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A judge found that top NRA executives spent millions of the group\u2019s funds on luxury travel, clothes, dinners and other perks over decades. Former CEO Wayne LaPierre, who stepped down in the wake of the trial, was found liable for $5.4 million in damages, while former Chief Financial Officer Woody Phillips faced a $2 million judgment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the D.C. case, Attorney General Brian Schwalb said the NRA charity violated the \u201csacred public trust\u201d of nonprofits, \u201callowing the NRA to use them as an unchecked piggy bank.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCaving to pressure from the NRA, the Foundation diverted millions of dollars to the NRA in grants and risky loans that were repaid only after OAG filed its lawsuit,\u201d he continued in a statement. \u201cTax-exempt nonprofits are a form of public trust \u2014 abusing that trust as the NRA did violates both the public interest and District law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NRA did not admit wrongdoing in the settlement agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is further proof of the NRA\u2019s commitment to good governance,\u201d NRA President Charles Cotton said in a statement. \u201cThe NRA confronted this political attack \u2014 and emerges from this lawsuit strong, secure, and vindicated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The organization also fought back against Schwalb\u2019s characterization of the settlement in a statement to The Hill, with NRA counsel William Brewer calling it \u201cdistorted and untruthful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe DCAG \u2018spins\u2019 today\u2019s settlement in avoidance of the facts: the DCAG long ago abandoned any claims of wrongdoing against the NRA,\u201d Brewer wrote. \u201cEven by DC standards, this is rank political gamesmanship \u2014 an after-the-fact justification for a failed lawsuit by these officials.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn the face of these facts, the DCAG settled its lawsuit \u2014 abandoning all claims against the NRA and NRA Foundation,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of the settlement agreement, the NRA Foundation agreed to annual nonprofit compliance training for its board members and officers, more consistent audits and the establishment of a conflict-of-interest policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also asks the Foundation to form new policies \u201cgoverning grantmaking, loans, shared services, and other activity with the NRA to ensure transparency, Foundation independence, and adherence to the Foundation\u2019s nonprofit mission.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The settlement does not include financial penalties, as the District\u2019s nonprofit governance laws do not permit punitive damages. It will remain in effect until December 2026, Schwalb\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NRA has struggled for years with declining membership and rising legal fees between the New York and D.C. suits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The association lost about a half-million members from 2021-22, according to gun violence news nonprofit The Trace. The NRA raised just $213 million in 2022, about half of its 2016 total, according to the nonprofit Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following an 18-month investigation in the New York case, Attorney General Letitia James (D) said the NRA fostered \u201ca culture of self-dealing, mismanagement and negligent oversight,\u201d costing the group $64 million over three years. She sought to dissolve the whole organization in the suit, but a state judge pared back that demand last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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