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Ex-NRA Chief Wayne LaPierre to Pay $4 Million Back in Restitution

A New York jury found Wayne LaPierre misspent millions of dollars of the group’s charitable funds The National Rifle Association and its ex-CEO Wayne LaPierre were found liable for misspending millions of dollars on lavish perks. A New York Jury on Friday found that LaPierre, who steered the NRA for three decades, used charitable funds to pay for exotic vacations, excursions on private jets, and superyachts, and ordered him to pay back $5.4 million, minus what he had already reimbursed the

Wayne LaPierre Resigns From NRA Ahead of Corruption Trial

Longtime National Rifle Association leader Wayne LaPierre has announced that he will resign from the organization days before the organization is scheduled to stand trial on civil corruption charges in New York. “The National Rifle Association of America (NRA) announced today that Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre announced he is stepping down from his position as chief executive of the organization, effective January 31. Long-time NRA executive and Head of General Operations Andrew Arulanandam will become…

Essay: Dominique Lapierre and the writer as saint

Some years ago, there was a photograph of a young boy, a pre-teen, being bathed in the open by a white woman who was a “follower of Mother”. The boy’s identity was not mentioned; he was just a torso and limbs attended to by fair hands. The public act of washing by one considered better – and the cleansing further imbuing her with moral superiority – makes even the young and agile among the destitute appear helpless. This is perhaps the do-gooder’s “ticket to heaven”. Every time a westerner is referred to as a “lover of…