Judge temporarily bans former NRA head from leadership for 10 years
The National Rifle Association and its executives have been found guilty in a civil corruption trial.
As a result, A New York judge has barred Wayne LaPierre from returning to lead the National Rifle Association.
New York State Supreme Court Judge Joel Cohen issued a ten-year ban on Wayne LaPierre from returning to lead the association.
While this may seem like a victory for liberals to find the NRA guilty of anything, liberal Attorney General Letitia James was hoping for even more.
James submitted a "proposal to appoint an independent monitor to oversee the organization’s finances and report to the court for three years" that the judge ultimately rejected.
Letitia James had also argued that LaPierre's ban from leading the NRA should be a permanent lifetime ban, not one that stops after ten years.
LaPierre was found guilty in February 2024 by a Manhattan state court jury that found "LaPierre misused millions of NRA funds" and ordered him to repay almost $5,000,000 to the organization.
Another prominent NRA man, former finance chief Wilson Phillips, also received a similar ban.
Phillips reached an agreement to settle on a "10-year ban from managing nonprofit funds in New York."
Wayne Phillips was implicated in LaPierre's problems when it was alleged that Phillips was "concealing and facilitating LaPierre’s personal expenses, including private jet flights and other luxuries for him and his wife."
Phillips remains liable for about $2,000,000 in damages for his role in the illegal activities.
"The damages portion of the case we presented, as well as the earlier trial before the jury, demonstrated that the NRA had a stunning lack of accountability and its leaders engaged in illegality and self-dealing," Letitia James said. "After years of corruption, the NRA and its senior leaders are finally being held accountable."
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