The National Rifle Association (NRA) is facing allegations of financial misconduct, with its top executives accused of misusing funds and accepting improper gifts. The accusations involve millions of dollars in improper expenses, including private jet travel and lavish personal expenses. Wayne LaPierre, who led the NRA for over 30 years, is among those accused of pilfering money from the organization. The allegations also include negotiating contracts worth over $100 million while accepting improper gifts.
When it comes to political firepower, no organisation in the United States has been more effective in influencing the gun debate than the National Rifle Association ( NRA ). Its lobbying has stymied US gun law reform and its donations have helped put countless politicians into office.
It stands accused of grossly mismanaging or overlooking the misuse of funds from its members, and the man who ran the NRA for more than 30 years, Wayne LaPierre, and other key executives are alleged to have pilfered money from the NRA for years. "We're talking about multiple millions of dollars in all," said journalist Rachel Scharf, who is covering the case for Law360. "The allegation is more than $10 million ($AU15.1 million) in improper, private jet travel, for example, and other lavish personal expenses. "It's also alleged that … Mr LaPierre was negotiating contracts to the tune of more than $US100 million with vendors whom he was accepting improper gifts, such as trips on a super yacht, trips to the Mediterranean and things like tha
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