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☆ Yacht-see! Wayne LaPierre takes witness stand as NRA corruption-trial jury views photos of luxury ships he enjoyed on vendor's dime.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Wayne LaPierre took the stand Friday in the NRA corruption trial in New York. A photo of the deck of the yacht "Illusions," shown at the NRA civil corruption trial in New York. NRA leader Wayne LaPierre arrives at his civil corruption trial in New York. A photo of the yacht "Illusions," shown to jurors in the NRA civil corruption trial in New York. A photo of the "Grand Illusion" shown to jurors in the NRA corruption trial in New York.

Persons: Wayne LaPierre, corruptly, LaPierre, —, Jonathan Conley, Susan, Conley, Brendan McDermid, David McKenzie, McKenzie, Laura, Sandy Hook, he'd, Sandy Hook's, Mr, YachtCharterFleet.com LaPierre, Lyme, He's, Wayne LaPierre's, Nick Suplina, Letitia James, Kris Brown, Brady, Brown, Wayne, Joel Cohen Organizations: Service, NRA, Partners, Associated Television, Gun Safety, New York Locations: New York, Manhattan, Bahamas, staterooms, York, Caribbean, McKenzie, Dallas, Orlando

☆ How ill is the NRA's Wayne LaPierre? His NY corruption-trial judge asks his doctors to swear to it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Wayne LaPierre arrives at his civil corruption trial in New York. Oliver North arrives at the NRA civil corruption trial in New York. Oliver North arriving at the NRA civil corruption trial in New York. Brendan McDermid/Reuters"I did not want to harm the NRA," North said from the witness stand. "What I was trying to do is protect Wayne LaPierre," North said.

Persons: —, Wayne LaPierre's, he's, Joel Cohen, LaPierre, Charles Cotton, Wayne LaPierre, Brendan McDermid, Letitia James, Oliver North, Reuters LaPierre, North, Brewer Organizations: Service, Business, New, Plaintiff, NRA, Reuters, Counselors, week's Locations: New York

☆ Wayne LaPierre's brain is shrinking, and he is too ill to commit to all-day testimony in his NRA corruption trial, new court filing says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewLongtime NRA leader Wayne LaPierre is too ill to commit to all-day testimony in his ongoing corruption trial in New York, his lawyer said in a court document made public Friday. In the new filing, his lawyer asked the trial judge for a "reasonable accommodation" allowing the nonprofit's leader flexibility in testifying. LaPierre suffers from "significant headaches and joint pain" and has a "family history of dementia," along with "overall cognitive changes and deterioration," the doctor wrote. Since early January, LaPierre "has been undergoing intensive treatment involving multiple medications," LaPierre's lawyer, Kent Correll, wrote to the trial judge in the filing, which requests a flexible testimony schedule.

Persons: —, Wayne LaPierre, LaPierre, Sam Pappas, Pappas, Charles Cotton, Rachel Markey, Cotton, Kent Correll, Correll, Joel Cohen Organizations: Service, Business, New, NRA, New York Locations: New York

☆ 'The NRA is not Wayne LaPierre,' gun lobby lawyer tells NY corruption jury, distancing the group from longtime leader
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-10 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewThe National Rifle Association continued walking a fine line in fighting New York's civil corruption charges on Tuesday, praising outgoing leader Wayne LaPierre as "visionary" in opening statements while also calling themselves his victim. AdvertisementThe NRA told its membership in a surprise announcement on Friday that LaPierre will step down on January 31. Advertisement"You will learn from members of the NRA board that the NRA continues to honor the legacy of Wayne LaPierre," she told the jury, before repeating, "but the NRA is not Wayne LaPierre." New York Attorney General Letitia James sued the gun lobby, LaPierre, and three other longtime NRA leaders three years ago. The jury must determine if the NRA, LaPierre, Phillips and Frazer are liable for breaking state not-for-profit law, and what amount of money, if any, should be repaid to the NRA.

Persons: —, Wayne LaPierre, Sarah B, Rogers, LaPierre, Sonya Rowling, Wayne, Mr, Letitia James, Joshua Powell, Wilson, Woody, Phillips, John Frazer, Powell, Frazer, Joel Cohen, Nick Suplina, Suplina Organizations: Service, Rifle Association, Business, NRA, New, AG, New York, Safety, Chaos Locations: Manhattan, Texas, Lyme, New York, Wayne's, Orange

☆ Wayne LaPierre resigns as NRA leader, days before start of his civil trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-05 | by ( Melissa Chan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Wayne LaPierre resigned as leader of the National Rifle Association on Friday, ending his decadeslong reign over the prominent gun rights group, days before the start of his civil trial in New York. "My passion for our cause burns as deeply as ever," LaPierre said in a statement. The attorney general claims LaPierre spent more than $500,000 of the NRA's assets to fly himself and his family members to the Bahamas. The civil trial in Manhattan is expected to begin Monday and will last for six weeks. The attorney general is seeking both remedies, which Cohen would decide on during a second phase of the trial.

Persons: Wayne LaPierre, LaPierre, Letitia James, Wilson, Woody, Phillips, Joshua Powell, John Frazer, Powell, Joel Cohen, Cohen Organizations: National Rifle Association, NRA, Fox News Digital, New York Locations: New York, Bahamas, Manhattan

☆ Sea turtles laid a record 52,500 nests in Florida but 99% are female
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Maiya Focht | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Sea turtle nests hit record highs in Florida this year, tripling last year's numbers. Most new turtles are girls, because a turtle's sex depends on the temperature they sit in as an egg. Almost 99% of new turtles are female, which means future generations could be in trouble, Joel Cohen, the director of communication at the Sea Turtle Preservation Society, told Insider. How does this happen A newly-hatched baby sea turtle makes its way into the Mediterranean Sea for the first time. So in a world that continues warming, the ratios of female to male turtles could continue to skew.

Persons: Joel Cohen, It's, Cohen, NASA's, Lucy Hawkes, " Hawkes, it's Organizations: Service, Preservation Society, NASA's Kennedy Space Center, ABC News, University of Exeter, Reuters, Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, Florida's Miami South Beach, USA, Turtle Preservation, History, Carolinas Locations: Florida, Florida's Miami, Space

☆ A judge said he was 'flabbergasted' by a 'frankly childish' dispute between 2 New York property bosses
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The cofounders of Arch Companies tried to fire each other amid accusations of misappropriating funds. "I'm really kind of flabbergasted by this," said a New York judge in response to their spat. "I'm really kind of flabbergasted by this," New York Judge Joel Cohen said of the firing at a recent hearing, The Real Deal reported. Nonetheless, the judge maintained in a hearing earlier this week that the two "seem to me to be frankly childish." Arch Companies did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider, made outside normal working hours.

Persons: Jeffrey Simpson, Jared Chassen, Simpson, Chassen, NurPhoto, Oak, JJ Arch, Joel Cohen Organizations: Arch Companies, Service, Companies, Simpson, York Locations: New York, Wall, Silicon, York, Greenwich, SoHo , Brooklyn, Queens, Toronto, Simpson

☆ Michael Cohen and the Trump Organization just cut a deal to settle his lawsuit over unpaid legal bills
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Michael Cohen and the Trump Organization cut a deal to settle his lawsuit. It's not clear how much money the Trump Organization paid to settle the case. He alleged the Trump Organization should have covered legal fees for his role in various scandals, lawsuits, and investigations that stemmed from his work for Trump. But his son Donald Trump Jr., an executive at the Trump Organization, had agreed to show up as a witness. Cohen's lawyers argued that Trump Jr. had knowledge of the agreement between Cohen and the Trump Organization to cover legal bills, and that Trump Jr. had his own legal bills covered for some of the same investigations.

Persons: Michael Cohen, It's, Hunter Winstead, Cohen — Donald Trump's, Trump Organization —, Joel Cohen, Stormy Daniels, Stephanie Clifford, Mueller, Cohen, Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr, Trump Organizations: Trump Organization, Service, Trump, FBI, New York, Trump Jr Locations: Wall, Silicon, New York, Manhattan

☆ Michael Cohen's involvement with Donald Trump racked up his legal bills. He wants the Trump Org to pay them.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Michael Cohen racked up millions of dollars in legal fees because of his involvement with Trump. But we'll get the second-best thing: Donald Trump Jr.Daddy Trump isn't obligated to show up. Trump Organization lawyers have agreed to produce Donald Trump Jr., an executive at the Trump Organization, as a witness in the case. Donald Trump Jr. is expected to testify on Monday or Tuesday, or both, according to a letter filed by Trump Organization lawyers ahead of the trial. Former President Donald Trump sits at the defense table with his criminal defense team in a Manhattan court.

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☆ Michael Cohen is finally taking the Trump Organization to trial over unpaid legal bills in the Stormy Daniels saga
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Michael Cohen's lawsuit against the Trump Organization is headed to trial in two months. His entanglement in the Stormy Daniels saga, the Mueller investigation, and more all stemmed from his former Trump Organization role, he alleges. The Trump Organization owes him $2.3 million in legal fees for all those cases and investigations, he says. The trial would also happen on the heels of a Manhattan trial, in federal court, over E. Jean Carroll's lawsuit against Trump. Attorneys for the Trump Organization and Cohen didn't immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment.

Cohen, now a vocal Trump critic, said the real estate company stopped paying his bills after he began cooperating with several investigations. In a 5-0 decision, the Appellate Division in Manhattan said a trial judge erred in dismissing Cohen's lawsuit. The court said it was unclear whether Cohen's legal fees mounted because he had been a Trump Organization employee, which would entitle him to reimbursement. The fees kept growing, and the Trump Organization has paid some of them, court papers show. Michael Cohen and Justice Cohen are not related.

☆ In a blow to the NRA, judge allows New York's attorney general to seek a court-imposed monitor and demand Wayne LaPierre forfeit millions
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-30 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A court ruling Thursday lets New York's attorney general continue to seek stiff penalties from the NRA. AG Letitia James is suing CEO Wayne LaPierre for millions in back salary; she also wants the NRA subjected to financial monitoring. "It's really just interference with his ability to do his job the way his members want him to do it, in the way his board wants him to do it," LaPierre attorney P. Kent Correll said. "You have the attorney general of a state trying to interfere with the operation of a not-for-profit organization — that happened in the '50s," Correll told the judge. The NRA is attempting to read the law "so narrowly" that no attorney general would ever be able to monitor "how funds are used by an organization such as this," the judge said.

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