In a head-spinning day of court action on Monday, a lawyer for the National Rifle Association grilled its longtime chief, Wayne LaPierre, about his lavish spending.
But the legal fireworks appeared to be part of a strategy to the bolster the contention of Mr. LaPierre and the N.R.A.
Mr. LaPierre, 74, is a defendant in the lawsuit brought in 2020 by the New York attorney general, Letitia James.
There were also trips where Mr. LaPierre and his family were hosted by N.R.A.
And there was prodigious spending on charter flights; Mr. LaPierre didn’t dispute that some of the flights were solely for relatives.
Persons:
Wayne LaPierre, LaPierre, Letitia James, John Frazer, Wilson Phillips
Organizations:
National Rifle Association, New, Beverly Hills, N.R.A
Locations:
New York, Beverly, Bahamas