NRA’s Dirty Laundry Exposed as Pro-Gun Group Cleans House

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A National Rifle Association leader-turned-critic is meeting with New York investigators next week, and the NRA wants to be there.aNew York's attorney general's office is questioning Oliver North on Tuesday as it probes whether the NRA broke laws governing its nonprofit status.
The powerful gun lobby asked a New York state judge Friday to let it in the meeting, saying it would be "severely prejudiced" if privileged information is divulged.
In court papers, it said it had asked the attorney general's office to be included in the meeting but was told it would be burdensome and was refused.
The NRA cited grounds why some information could be kept from investigators, including attorney client privilege, work-product rules and other unspecified privileges.
NRA lawyers said they reviewed 899 pages of documents from North's lawyers that were prepared for investigators and found several dozen examples of privileged information that had not been redacted.

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On Monday, Richard Childress submitted his resignation letter as a member of the Board of Directors for the National Rifle Association and a handful of the organization’s committees, NBC Sports has confirmed.
The resignation came two days after the owner of Richard Childress Racing helped give the command to start engines for the Cup Series night race at Bristol Motor Speedway, which was co-sponsored by Bass Pro Shops and the NRA.
“At this time, it is necessary for me to fully focus on my businesses,” Childress said in his letter. “I owe that to my employees, our partners, my family, and myself. Since proudly agreeing to serve on the NRA Board, I have supported the organization and its important mission to preserve and protect our Constitutional rights. But when, as now, I am no longer able to be fully engaged in any commitment I have made, it becomes time for me to step down. I have reached that point in my ability to continue to serve the NRA. As such, I must resign.”

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The National Rifle Association’s former ad firm has subpoenaed the gun group’s chief executive, Wayne LaPierre, for a deposition, according to a court document reviewed by The Daily Beast.
Lawyers for the NRA, who filed the document in Virginia Circuit Court on Aug. 21, are seeking to postpone LaPierre’s interview.
LaPierre isn’t the only senior NRA official who faces a grilling from ad firm Ackerman McQueen. According to the filing, the ad firm also wants to question the gun group’s top spokesperson, Andrew Arulanandam; Millie Hallow, assistant to the executive vice president; and the NRA’s chief financial officer, Craig Spray.

The NRA’s filing says that the ad firm has refused to hand over materials responsive to its own document demands because of the NRA’s outside law firm, Brewer Attorneys and Counselors. Ackerman has argued that Brewer’s firm tried to steal its business from the NRA and has asked the judge presiding over the case to limit Brewer’s access to material it shares with the NRA.


The NRA’s filing argues that as long as Ackerman McQueen withholds materials, LaPierre and the other gun-group chiefs shouldn’t have to be deposed. LaPierre’s deposition is currently scheduled for Sep. 4, according to the filings.
It isn’t LaPierre’s only scheduled Q-and-A session. According to the New York Daily News, the New York Attorney General’s Office has also subpoenaed LaPierre as part of its investigation of the gun group.

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Following accusations of sexual harassment, a former top executive for the National Rifle Association has been ousted at the pro-gun organization according to an email from its general counsel, Newsweek first reported.
Court filings first reported by the Washington Post on Friday first suggested that Powell was "on leave" due to an NRA counsel investigation into a sexual harassment dispute with the NRA's advertising firm Ackerman McQueen. The organization's general counsel, John Frazer, clarified to the board of directors in an email that Powell was "no longer employed by the NRA."
"Several directors have reported receiving media queries regarding Josh Powell and his employment status with the Association," he wrote in an email obtained by Newsweek. "For the sake of clarity, we note that Josh is no longer employed by the NRA.
Most recently, Powell worked as the chief of staff to the NRA's chief executive Wayne LaPierre and was compensated over $900,000 in 2018.

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