O'FALLON, Mo. - A federal lawsuit accuses the National Rifle Association of violating campaign finance laws by using shell companies to illegally funnel up to $35 million to Republican candidates, including former President Donald Trump, Sen.
Josh Hawley of Missouri and others.The Campaign Legal Center filed the lawsuit Tuesday in Washington on behalf of Giffords, a gun control nonprofit founded by former Democratic U.S.
Rep. Gabby Giffords. It accuses the NRA of practices dating to 2014 "to evade campaign finance regulations by using a series of shell corporations to illegally but surreptitiously coordinate advertising with at least seven candidates for federal office."The lawsuit names as defendants Hawley and U.S.