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Prosecutor Subpoenas NRA in Nonprofit Status Inquiry

Reuters

   WASHINGTON - The attorney general for the District of Columbia issued
   subpoenas Friday to the National Rifle Association and its charitable
   foundation seeking financial records in an investigation into their
   nonprofit status.

   District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine said in a statement
   his office "has issued subpoenas to the National Rifle Association of
   America (NRA) and the NRA Foundation, Inc., as part of an investigation
   into whether these entities violated the District's Nonprofit Act."

   The announcement, first reported by the Washington Post, follows
   similar action in April by New York State Attorney General Letitia
   James, who sought documents in a probe that the New York Times said
   involved the powerful gun lobby group's tax-exempt status.

   William Brewer, an attorney for the NRA, said the group "will cooperate
   with any appropriate inquiry into its finances."

   "The NRA has full confidence in its accounting practices and commitment
   to good governance," Brewer said in an emailed statement Friday.

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