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Bang for the Buck
The NRA chief's misleading statements about his yacht trip after Sandy Hook and his niece’s employment could strengthen the New York attorney general’s attempt to dissolve the gun group.
Hacked documents provide a rare glimpse into the gun group's efforts to seek influence at the Supreme Court, which is now hearing a major public carry case.
Ricochet
The former executive started to question some of the political positions he’d accepted all his life — and to feel complicit in the country's tragedies.
The NRA chief and his wife had a long list of trophies shipped and taxidermied — all on a contractor’s tab.
National Rifle Association
Despite its legal and regulatory problems, the gun group — which recently lost its bankruptcy bid — is in the black for the first time in five years.
The ruling is a significant blow to the gun group, which is facing dissolution in New York and was seeking to move to Texas.
Accusations that the NRA’s board of directors has been a rubber stamp for Wayne LaPierre have been swirling for years. Evidence suggests the board attorney worked on the group’s bankruptcy plan before board members even knew of its existence.
LaPierre has cultivated an image as a paragon of American gun culture, but video of his clumsy marksmanship — and details regarding his Rodeo Drive shopping trips — tell another story.
Internal documents show an NRA law firm spent at least five months developing the group’s plan to declare bankruptcy and reincorporate outside New York — a strategy some insiders view with skepticism.
So far, the federal government is the biggest creditor to emerge in the gun group’s bankruptcy case.
New York Attorney General Letitia James said her office would not allow the group to “avoid accountability.”
Attorney General Karl Racine alleges the gun group improperly siphoned millions of dollars from an affiliated foundation.
The streaming network lost money and never gained significant viewership, but it helped groom talking heads whose election conspiracies and other falsehoods now reach millions online.
CEO Wayne LaPierre, who is being investigated for tax fraud and collected $1.9 million in compensation last year, repaid $300,000 to the gun group.
Bill Brewer promised to rescue the National Rifle Association from perilous legal straits, but he’s won only one of the 10 expensive suits he’s filed. Insiders say he’s inappropriately prioritizing the protection of chief executive Wayne LaPierre.
