Here are the facts about all eight active inquiries into the gun rights group.
By Daniel Nass
The Trace (5/13/19)
The National Rifle Association is caught up in a rapidly expanding tangle of investigations — six launched in the first five months of 2019 alone. Investigators in Congress are probing the gun group’s ties to Kremlin-linked Russians and to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, as well as several potential campaign finance violations exposed by The Trace, while the New York Attorney General and the Senate Finance Committee are scrutinizing its nonprofit status.
Because it’s challenging to keep track of these probes, we’ve rounded them up below. We included only investigations that directly involve the NRA or its staff. We’ll keep this post updated to reflect the latest developments, and will add new investigations to the list, should they arise. …