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The Daily Bulletin November, 24 2020
Data Point

NEW from THE TRACE: Ex-NRA execs fear attorney is shielding Wayne LaPierre at the group’s expense. In early 2018, the NRA hired attorney William A. Brewer III and his firm to fend off growing legal threats. After tens of millions in fees, some former NRA officials and current members fear the legal work has come at the organization’s expense. “The reality is that he has been representing Wayne LaPierre, not the NRA,” Joshua Powell, the former second-in-command to the gun group CEO, told my colleague Will Van Sant. You can read Will’s feature into Brewer’s short tenure…

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