In its verdict, the jury found LaPierre should pay the powerful gun rights group $4.3 million in damages for mismanagement and misspending charitable funds on lavish personal trips, no-show contracts and other questionable expenditures. The jury also found cause to remove him as executive vice president of the gun rights group. The jury also found the NRA filed false and misleading statements in its annual reports. The jury found the NRA was not liable for only one claim, which asked whether LaPierre’s post-employment contract was an improper transaction. The jury found the New York Attorney General’s Office did not prove the transaction had not received proper approval from the NRA board.

Source: CNN February 24, 2024 08:52 UTC