Five months after the longtime face of the gun rights movement, Wayne LaPierre, was found liable for misspending $5.4 million of the National Rifle Association’s money, the gun group’s leadership will return next week to a Manhattan courtroom.
For the N.R.A.
The jury’s verdict was a victory for New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, who brought the corruption case.
was at the forefront of a movement that repeatedly beat back gun control legislation while vastly expanding the scope of the right to bear arms.
But this new challenge comes as the group’s influence within the gun rights movement has waned, along with its standing as a power player in Republican politics.
Persons:
Wayne LaPierre, LaPierre, superyacht, Letitia James
Organizations:
Rifle, New, Court
Locations:
Manhattan, Bahamas