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Courthouse News reports:
Wayne LaPierre is spending his waning days as the NRA’s CEO on the witness stand of a Manhattan courtroom, where he admitted Monday that billing some gaudy personal expenses to the nonprofit was “not the right thing to do.” New York AG Letitia James claims that LaPierre for years treated the NRA like his “personal piggy bank” when he charged it for a myriad of luxury goods and services, while failing to disclose several conflicts.
Among those expenses were “hundreds of thousands of dollars” of hair and makeup charges for his wife, LaPierre admitted Monday. The 74-year-old testified Friday that he also billed the NRA for private jet travel, black car service and other luxurious buys. The exchange appeared to be part of a defense strategy to prove that the NRA has cleaned up its act since the spending controversy, thereby minimizing the need for severe punishments.
Read the full article. Among those severe punishments could be the forced dissolution of the NRA entirely.
Wayne LaPierre, the longtime NRA chief, admitted that much of his spending had not been authorized and violated the gun group’s policies during his second day of testimony in a New York civil corruption trial. His resignation takes effect on Wednesday. https://t.co/hH1SJsSP8P
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 29, 2024
NRA leader Wayne LaPierre testifies that he authorized thousands of dollars in helicopter rides so that executives of the gun rights group could avoid getting stuck in traffic while traveling to and from NASCAR races. https://t.co/pTW0mPTWS7
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 29, 2024
Every victim of gun violence was a cost of doing business for the NRA and gun lobby. My daughter was a cost of doing business. For them gun violence was a necessity for selling more guns. That was needed to pay for this grift. Fuck you Wayne LaPierre. May you rot in hell. https://t.co/tmRoaEmXZt
— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) January 29, 2024