NRA Spars With N.Y. AG Over Subpoena of Its Former Ad Agency
- State demanding documents for probe of NRA nonprofit status
- Gun group claims privilege over access akin to attorney-client
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The National Rifle Association and the New York attorney general’s office squared off in a Manhattan court over whether the gun-rights organization has the power to prevent state investigators from seeing documents subpoenaed from its former advertising agency.
New York Attorney General Letitia James is investigating the NRA’s nonprofit status after a leadership clash at the organization led to internal allegations of self-dealing, a claim the NRA has denied.