{"id":2141605,"date":"2024-01-05T17:04:01","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T22:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wayne-lapierre-resigns-as-nra-leader-days-before-his-civil-corruption-trial-starts\/"},"modified":"2024-01-05T17:05:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T22:05:00","slug":"wayne-lapierre-resigns-as-nra-leader-days-before-his-civil-corruption-trial-starts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wayne-lapierre-resigns-as-nra-leader-days-before-his-civil-corruption-trial-starts\/","title":{"rendered":"Wayne LaPierre steps down as NRA chief ahead of imminent corruption trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwayne-lapierre-resigns-as-nra-leader-days-before-his-civil-corruption-trial-starts%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2141605&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Wayne LaPierre to Step\u2064 Down as\u2062 NRA CEO\u2063 Ahead of Civil Trial<\/h2>\n<p>Wayne LaPierre, the \u200cchief executive of the National Rifle Association (NRA), announced his resignation just days before his civil\u200b trial in New York. The \u200bresignation will be\u2064 effective on Jan. \u206231, with Andrew Arulanandam, an NRA\u200d executive and longtime spokesman for LaPierre, serving as the interim CEO and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-former-ag-barr-initiated-spying-program-on-americans-back-in-1992\/\" title=\"FLASHBACK: Former AG Barr Initiated Spying Program on Americans Back in 1992\">executive vice president<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Universities Face Growing Pressure Against DEI<\/h3>\n<p>In his\u200c resignation, LaPierre cited \u2063health reasons as the cause for his departure. NRA President\u200b Charles \u200cCotton accepted the resignation during a board\u200d meeting. LaPierre expressed his pride in the organization&#8217;s accomplishments, stating, &#8220;With \u200dpride in all that we have accomplished, I am \u200dannouncing my resignation from the NRA.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>LaPierre, who has \u200bbeen\u200d a member of the NRA for most \u200dof his adult life, emphasized\u200d his unwavering support \u200bfor the \u200dorganization and its fight to defend Second Amendment freedom. He \u200dstated, &#8220;My passion for our cause\u200d burns \u200das deeply as ever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Having led the NRA for over\u2062 30 years, LaPierre has\u200c faced\u200b allegations of corruption \u2064and mismanagement. New York&#8217;s attorney general, Letitia \u200bJames, filed \u2064a lawsuit in 2020 \u200cseeking to dissolve the group, accusing\u2063 its \u2062leaders of misusing funds and violating laws. The NRA called the lawsuit a &#8220;baseless premeditated attack&#8221;\u200c on\u200b their organization and\u200c Second Amendment rights.<\/p>\n<p>The civil trial, which the \u200cNRA has\u200c been battling for years, is now underway with jury selection already in\u200c progress. Opening statements are scheduled\u2063 for early next week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> \u2062 to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What\u2062 were the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-no-july-fourth-fireworks-bursting-in-air-over-mount-rushmore\/\" title=\"Judge: No July Fourth Fireworks 'Bursting in Air' Over Mount Rushmore\">reasons cited<\/a> by Wayne LaPierre for his resignation \u2063as \u200bCEO of the NRA?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Wayne \u2062LaPierre, the chief executive of the National Rifle Association\u200c (NRA), has announced his resignation just days\u200b before facing a civil trial in New York. The resignation will \u200ctake effect on \u200cJanuary 31st, with Andrew Arulanandam,\u200b an executive and longtime spokesperson for LaPierre, serving as the interim CEO and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-withholding-funding-from-schools-with-hunting-programs-by-blatantly-misconstruing-bipartisan-law-report\/\" title=\"Biden Admin misinterprets law, denies funds to schools with hunting programs: Report.\">executive \u200dvice \u2063president<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>LaPierre cited health\u2064 reasons as the cause\u200d for his\u200c departure in his resignation statement. NRA \u2062President Charles Cotton accepted the resignation during a board meeting. LaPierre expressed\u200c his pride in the organization&#8217;s \u2064accomplishments, stating,\u200c &#8220;With pride in all that we have accomplished, I am announcing my resignation\u2064 from the NRA.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>LaPierre, who has been a member of the NRA \u200bfor most of \u200bhis adult\u200d life, emphasized his unwavering support for the organization and its\u2062 fight \u2062to defend Second Amendment freedom. He stated, &#8220;My passion for our cause burns as deeply as \u200bever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, LaPierre&#8217;s leadership of\u200d the NRA has been marred by allegations \u2063of corruption and mismanagement. New York&#8217;s attorney general, Letitia James, \u2064filed a lawsuit\u2062 in 2020 seeking to dissolve the group, accusing its leaders of misusing funds and violating laws. The NRA has \u2062vehemently\u200c denied the allegations, calling the lawsuit a &#8220;baseless premeditated attack&#8221; on their organization and Second Amendment rights.<\/p>\n<p>The civil trial, which the NRA has been battling for years, is now underway with\u2063 jury selection already in progress. Opening statements are scheduled for early next week.<\/p>\n<p>To read more about\u200b this development,\u200c you can visit The \u200cWashington Examiner&#8217;s website by clicking here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wayne LaPierre, set to face a civil trial in New York, announced his resignation as CEO of the National Rifle Association. Effective Jan. 31, Andrew Arulanandam, a trusted NRA executive and LaPierre&#8217;s spokesperson, will take over as interim CEO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2141606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2141605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2141605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2141605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2141605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2141606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2141605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2141605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2141605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}