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Bang for the Buck
Following a corruption trial in New York, the gun group’s charitable arm will implement oversight and transparency measures to resolve allegations that it diverted millions of dollars in donor funds.
A New York jury ordered the gun group’s former CEO to pay more than $4.3 million in damages.
The NRA corruption trial forced its former CEO to tell the truth about himself, as the curtain dropped on a three-decade act.
The first day of deliberations was marked by a request for all relevant evidence and one complaint about the pace of discussions.
We’re sharing transcripts from the trial to serve the public interest. They include the opening statements from the New York Attorney General’s Office and lawyers for the individual defendants.
In its ongoing corruption trial, the gun group is straining to distance itself from the man who led it for more than three decades.
A timeline of the reporting and investigations since The Trace exposed self-dealing at the nonprofit nearly five years ago.
On January 8, a jury is expected to begin hearing New York Attorney General Letitia James’s case, which accuses top NRA officials of using the nonprofit as a “personal piggy bank.”
National Rifle Association
An ad from the gun lobby mocks the newspaper's Oscar commercial.
In an ad debuting the group's new rallying cry, Wayne LaPierre accuses the president's critics of starting a war.
