Good -- he is gone! Now maybe the NRA can rebuild itself into the former reasonable organization it was -- focused on gun safety rather than 2nd Amendment politics. Somehow I doubt that it will go this way. NRA Chief Wayne LaPierre to Step Down The gun-rights group’s longtime leader is resigning days before the start of his civil corruption trial https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/nra-chief-wayne-lapierre-to-step-down-e282083e
Now all the evidence is starting to come out... Secret Recording Shows NRA Treasurer Plotting to Conceal Extravagant Expenses Involving Wayne LaPierre Audio obtained by The Trace and ProPublica reveals, in real time, the gun lobbying group enacting a plan that would conceal payments for fancy hotels, limousines and other luxury expenses connected to its longtime CEO for a decade. https://www.propublica.org/article/nra-wayne-lapierre-recording-private-jet-limousine-expenses At a meeting in June 2009, the treasurer of the National Rifle Association worked out a plan to conceal luxury expenses involving its chief executive, Wayne LaPierre, according to audio of the meeting obtained by The Trace and ProPublica. The recording was unknown to New York’s attorney general, who is pursuing the NRA and LaPierre over a range of alleged financial misdeeds. It shows, in real time, the NRA’s treasurer enlisting the group’s longtime public relations firm to obfuscate the extravagant costs. Captured on tape is talk of LaPierre’s desire to avoid public disclosure of his use of private jets as well as concern about persistent spending at the Beverly Hills Hotel by a PR executive and close LaPierre adviser. During the meeting, which took place in the Alexandria, Virginia, office of PR firm Ackerman McQueen, executives agreed that Ackerman would issue a Platinum American Express card to Tyler Schropp, the new head of the NRA’s nascent advancement division, which was responsible for bringing in high-dollar contributions from wealthy donors. Ackerman would then cover the card’s charges and bill them back to the NRA under nondescript invoices. (Much more at above url)
Wayne LaPierre, the former N.R.A. head, was found liable for using the group’s funds on lavish vacations and flights. In a sweeping rebuke of the National Rifle Association, the nation’s most prominent gun rights group, a Manhattan jury ruled on Friday that N.R.A. leaders had engaged in a pattern of financial misconduct and corruption. Friday, February 23, 2024 6:14 PM ET https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/23/nyregion/lapierre-nra-verdict.html
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