NRA’s LaPierre Voiced Fear of Prison Time, Ad Exec Testifies
- LaPierre saw Bill Brewer as best defense, Anthony Makris says
- Conversation came amid breakup of NRA and Markis’s ad firm
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A former confidant of Wayne LaPierre said that the longtime NRA leader feared the prospect of criminal charges and once described the gun group’s attorney William Brewer as “the only one” who could keep him out of prison.
LaPierre made the comment at a meeting in early 2019, Anthony Makris said Friday at the NRA’s bankruptcy trial. Makris, a senior executive at the ad agency Ackerman McQueen, said LaPierre made the comment amid a contentious breakup between the NRA and the firm.