"NRA and Wayne LaPierre Found Liable for Misusing Charitable Funds in Corruption Trial"

A Manhattan jury has found the NRA and its longtime head Wayne LaPierre liable in a civil case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, alleging misuse of financial resources and failure to properly administer the organization. LaPierre will have to repay $4.4 million to the NRA, while Phillips was ordered to repay $2 million. The jury also found that the NRA failed to adopt a whistleblower policy that complied with state law and failed to act on whistleblower complaints and filed state-required reports with false and misleading information. LaPierre resigned last month after more than three decades at the organization's helm, and the judge will decide whether the individual defendants will be barred from returning to leadership positions at the NRA and from working for nonprofits in the state.