Yachting and Private Flights Confront NRA’s LaPierre at Trial
- Gun group’s CEO testifies in NY case alleging misuse of funds
- New York’s civil claims pose threat to once high-flying NRA
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Wayne LaPierre, the longtime leader of the National Rifle Association, was grilled in front of a New York jury on Friday over his use of NRA funds to buy gifts and about yacht trips to the Bahamas.
LaPierre told the jurors that his friend and NRA vendor David McKenzie paid for the yacht outings. His testimony came in the civil trial of New York’s 2020 lawsuit alleging the big gun rights group and its chief executive officer diverted charitable donations for years to enrich its executives in violation of laws governing nonprofits.