Tag Archives: Wayne LaPierre

NRA And Wayne LaPierre Found Liable For Corruption

CNN reports: Longtime National Rifle Association chief Wayne LaPierre should pay the powerful gun rights group $4.3 million in damages for mismanagement and misspending charitable funds on lavish personal trips, no-show contracts and other questionable expenditures, a New York jury decided on Friday. The jury found the New York Attorney General’s Office proved he violated his fiduciary duties from 2014 …

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Jury To Deliberate In NRA Corruption Case Tomorrow

Courthouse News reports: Wayne LaPierre took the witness stand one last time in New York’s corruption case against him on Wednesday, when he told a Manhattan jury that he paid back the National Rifle Association for a slew of donor-funded personal expenses. The longtime NRA chief executive told the court he wrote a series of checks between 2020 and 2023 …

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New York State Rests Its Corruption Case Against NRA

Courthouse News reports: State lawyers for the New York Attorney General’s Office rested their corruption case against the National Rifle Association and its longtime frontman Wayne LaPierre. State lawyer Monica Connell — who delivered opening statements for the attorney general’s office four weeks ago — rested after bringing on the plaintiff’s final witness Monday, Eric Hines, their first and only …

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LaPierre: My Paid African Safaris Were “All Business”

Courthouse News reports: National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre told a Manhattan jury on Tuesday that his all-expenses-paid hunting trips to Botswana and Mozambique were “all business.” He spent much of Tuesday trying to justify the many miscellaneous expenses he billed back to the NRA throughout his tenure as its chief executive, many of which violated the group’s internal policies. …

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Wayne LaPierre Tries To Save NRA By Blaming Himself

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” …

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Former NRA Lobbyist Testifies Against Wayne LaPierre

Courthouse News reports: A former top lobbyist for the National Rifle Association said in court Thursday that he was “disgusted” to learn that the group’s longtime CEO Wayne LaPierre put more than $250,000 in luxury clothing expenses on the NRA’s tab. Christopher Cox was once viewed as the likely successor to LaPierre. He ran the NRA’s lobbying arm, the NRA …

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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 …

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TODAY: Corruption Trial Begins For NRA And LaPierre

Reuters reports: The corruption trial of the National Rifle Association and its longtime leader Wayne LaPierre is likely to begin on Monday in a Manhattan courtroom, just three days after LaPierre’s sudden resignation as the gun rights group’s chief executive. New York Attorney General Letitia James sued the NRA and LaPierre in August 2020, saying the group diverted millions of …

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Wayne LaPierre Resigns From NRA: “Health Reasons”

Fox News reports: Longtime National Rifle Association chief Wayne LaPierre announced his resignation Friday, Fox News Digital has learned. “With pride in all that we have accomplished, I am announcing my resignation from the NRA,” LaPierre said in the NRA’s press release, which was exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital. “I’ve been a card-carrying member of this organization for most …

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New York State Trial Could Mean The End Of The NRA

Courthouse News reports: Wayne LaPierre’s more than three-decade reign as the CEO of the National Rifle Association has been marred by controversy. Besides a number of corruption scandals with LaPierre at the helm, today’s NRA faces issues like declining membership and revenue. But it’s a lawsuit from New York Attorney General Letitia James that could prove to be the gravest …

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NRA Membership Down 1M After Corruption Scandal

From the pro-gun site The Reload: The National Rifle Association keeps shrinking. Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre told attendees at the gun-rights group’s most recent board meeting that the organization is down to 4.3 million members, according to multiple sources. That represents a downturn of more than a million members since allegations of financial impropriety were leveled against LaPierre and …

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NRA Loses Bid To Dismiss Lawsuit By New York AG

Law & Crime reports: A Manhattan judge rejected the National Rifle Association’s latest effort to dismiss a lawsuit by New York Attorney General Letitia James (D), roasting the gun group for repeatedly bringing motions that he rejects. “The rule that you get one crack at it is an important one,” Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Joel Cohen ruled. In damaging testimony …

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Court Boots NRA’s Bid to Stop Probe By New York AG

CNN reports: A New York judge Friday rejected an attempt by the National Rifle Association to end an investigation of the organization by the state’s top attorney. State Supreme Court Judge Joel Cohen dismissed the NRA’s counterclaims against New York Attorney General Letitia James as not viable. The NRA had argued that James’ investigation was “unconstitutionally retaliatory or selective.” In …

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NRA Board Of Directors Reelects Wayne LaPierre As CEO

NBC News reports: The National Rifle Association’s board of directors voted Monday to re-elect longtime CEO Wayne LaPierre, signaling that the gun rights group isn’t changing direction despite a rise in mass shootings and its own internal turmoil. LaPierre has been in charge of the NRA’s day-to-day operations since 1991 and has shaped its no-compromise approach to lobbying against gun …

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NRA Raffles Same Gun Used In Uvalde Mass Shooting

The Insider reports: As part of its ongoing “Banned Guns Giveaway” the National Rifle Association this week raffled off a Daniel Defense DDM4 V7 rifle — the same gun used just days earlier during a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 21 people. “The NRA is giving away 12 world-class guns that Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Chuck Schumer, and …

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Judge Okays New York AG’s Lawsuit Over NRA’s Grifting

The Associated Press reports: A judge has rejected an effort by New York’s attorney general to put the National Rifle Association out of business, but will allow her lawsuit accusing top executives of illegally diverting tens of millions of dollars from the powerful gun advocacy organization to proceed. Manhattan Judge Joel M. Cohen said allegations of NRA officials misspending on …

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Former NRA Head Tried To Hide Killing Of Elephant

The Daily Beast reports: The former head of the National Rifle Association and his wife went to great lengths to ship parts of the elephant they killed in Botswana back home—and to keep their names far removed from it. According to The New Yorker, Wayne LaPierre and his wife, Susan, had elephant feet repurposed for stools, umbrella stands, and a …

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New York AG Wins Bankruptcy Case Against NRA

The Wall Street Journal reports: A Dallas judge has thrown the National Rifle Association out of bankruptcy court, calling into question the gun rights group’s planned relocation to Texas as it faces allegations of spending abuses and mismanagement in its home state of New York. Judge Harlin Hale of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Dallas dismissed the NRA’s chapter 11 …

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Major Setback For NRA In Bid To Declare Bankruptcy

The Washington Post reports: A U.S. bankruptcy administrator asked a federal judge Monday to dismiss the National Rifle Association’s efforts to declare bankruptcy or appoint a trustee or examiner to oversee the gun rights organization — a setback for the group at the close of a federal court hearing to consider its petition. The recommendation bolstered the arguments of New …

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Video Shows NRA Head’s Botched Elephant Hunt

The New Yorker reports: The New Yorker obtained a copy of the footage, which has been hidden from public view for eight years. It shows that when guides tracked down an elephant for LaPierre, the N.R.A. chief proved to be a poor marksman. After LaPierre’s first shot wounded the elephant, guides brought him a short distance from the animal, which …

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