Trump’s DOJ Makes a Mockery of Civil Rights Law, Brady Highlights

Probe into New York Attorney General’s Office for successful suits against Donald Trump and the NRA are meant to “instill fear” 

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 8, 2025 — Today, Brady, a leading national gun violence prevention group, responded to the Department of Justice probe into the Office of New York Attorney General Letitia James regarding its successful civil fraud suits against Donald Trump as well as the National Rifle Association and its former CEO Wayne LaPierre.

Brady President Kris Brown said: 

This is a classic tool of aspiring authoritarians like President Trump: use the levers of government to harass public servants and exact personal revenge. New York Attorney General James and her office have upheld the rule of law in their ongoing civil suits against Donald Trump for illegally inflating his wealth and the National Rifle Association for abusing its non-profit status. In initiating these investigations, Attorney General Bondi and her deputies in New York make a mockery of civil rights laws intended to protect the rights of minorities.

This probe is not meant to be successful in our courts, where facts and the rule of law supersede the petty whims of Donald Trump and his gun lobby friends looking to use our gun violence epidemic to pad their profits. It’s meant to instill fear in public officials nationwide for holding far-right extremists accountable. We cannot let them. Neither Trump nor the gun lobby is above the law.