Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee said that such financial wrongdoing could violate the NRA’s nonprofit, tax-exempt status.
Senate Democrats want answers from the National Rifle Association about alleged financial wrongdoing by one of its top executives that could jeopardize the organization’s nonprofit, tax-exempt status, according to a letter sent Friday to the gun advocacy group.
Three committee senators—ranking member Ron Wyden of Oregon; Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island; and Bob Menendez of New Jersey—requested a copy of two letters sent to the board April 25 by LaPierre and North. According to The New York Times, LaPierre told the board that North and Ackerman McQueen had a letter with damning information about the NRA.
“The letter would contain a devastating account for our financial status, sexual harassment charges against a staff member, accusations of wardrobe expenses and excessive staff travel expenses,” LaPierre told the board. If he resigned and supported North’s “continued tenure as president,” then North would help him secure an “excellent retirement.”
Oliver North speaks at the NRA-ILA Leadership Forum at the 148th NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits in Indianapolis on April 26. Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images NRA attorney William Brewer told The Hill in a statement that while no such crisis committee that North referred to was ever created, they would cooperate with “all appropriate information requests.”
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