Wayne LaPierre: I Needed $6.5M Mansion For “Safety”

Courthouse News reports:

Safety is a top priority for Wayne LaPierre, the soon-to-be-retired CEO of the National Rifle Association. According to his defense team, it’s the reason he had to fly private on chartered jets instead of public airliners.

It’s also the reason the NRA was helping him procure a $6.5 million Texas mansion in 2018. “There’d been a number of threats on Wayne LaPierre’s life,” ex-NRA finance chief Wilson “Woody” Phillips told a Manhattan courtroom on Wednesday. “He traveled a lot, he needed a safe place.”

That “safe place” was a 10,000-square-foot home in the Dallas suburb of Westlake, and one of the many personal goods and services LaPierre is accused of using the NRA’s donor funds to help purchase.

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Safety is a top priority for Wayne LaPierre, the soon-to-be-retired CEO of the NRA. According to his defense team, it’s the reason he had to fly private. It’s also the reason the NRA was helping him procure a $6.5 million Texas mansion in 2018. @Uebey https://t.co/wSEBdmlHl3

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