So Powell cops a plea and has agreed to testify in court against the NRA and Wayne LaPierre.New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that Joshua Powell, former National Rifle Association (NRA) Executive Director of Operations and Chief of Staff to recently resigned NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre, has reached a $100,000 agreement with her office. Powell was one of five defendants in the lawsuit brought by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) against the NRA and senior management in August 2020. As part of the agreement, Powell has admitted to OAG's claims of wrongdoing in its lawsuit. The trial of the claims against the NRA and the remaining defendants will begin on Monday, January 8.
The NRA is trying to blame everything on WLP. They are trying to make him the sole fall guy and save their own asses. Rats on sinking ships and all that.The National Rifle Association distanced itself on Tuesday from longtime CEO Wayne LaPierre and two other senior executives on trial for corruption and fraud in New York City.
NRA attorney Sarah Rogers told jurors that while some higher-ups at the nonprofit organization may have betrayed the NRA’s central mission, the organization itself should not be faulted.
“Why is the NRA — a victim of that betrayal — a defendant in this case?” Rogers asked during opening arguments, adding that the majority of the employees at the NRA have worked tirelessly to promote its causes.
LaPierre may have been the face of the NRA as well as a valuable visionary for the organization for the past 30 years, but he wasn’t without his faults, Rogers said, adding that the 74-year-old hid benefits and financial goods he received from NRA vendors.
Rogers told jurors that whether or not they agreed with what the NRA stood for, it was not a “scam” charity and added that the NRA has been highly effective in its gun rights advocacy, which is why “everyone in this room knows the NRA by name.”
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