By Jonathan Stempel and Jack Queen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A New York state jury found that former National Rifle Association chief Wayne LaPierre mismanaged the gun rights group and cost it $5.4 million, ruling in a civil corruption case brought by New York’s attorney general. A judge will ultimately decide how much LaPierre must pay. […]
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wayne LaPierre, the former chief executive of the National Rifle Association, defended his spending on travel, clothing and contracts with associates in testimony at the gun rights group’s corruption trial in Manhattan. On LaPierre’s second day of testimony, New York state Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Conley asked him […]
Senior executives of the National Rifle Association, including Wayne LaPierre, its former chief executive who resigned last week, pilfered millions of dollars from the gun rights organization “for personal benefit” in an orchestrated scheme of corruption, a prosecutor said on Monday afternoon. Monica Connell, New York’s assistant attorney general, made the claim during opening statements […]