{"id":394115,"date":"2021-04-06T21:58:17","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T01:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=394115"},"modified":"2021-04-06T21:58:19","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T01:58:19","slug":"nra-assistant-diverted-40k-to-pay-for-wedding-personal-expenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nra-assistant-diverted-40k-to-pay-for-wedding-personal-expenses\/","title":{"rendered":"NRA Assistant Diverted $40K to Pay For Wedding, Personal Expenses"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fnra-assistant-diverted-40k-to-pay-for-wedding-personal-expenses%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=394115&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--><div readability=\"29.672727272727\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/guns\/\">Guns<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">LaPierre assistant paid back money with interest<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-655.jpeg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-654.jpeg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-1227938686-1-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-1227938686-1-700x450.jpg 700w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs\">\n\t\t\t\tThe National Riffle Association of America (NRA) headquarters on August 6, 2020 in Fairfax, Virginia \/ AFP\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/stephen-gutowski\/\" title=\"Posts by Stephen Gutowski\" rel=\"author\" class=\"text-red-700\">Stephen Gutowski<\/a> \u2022 April 6, 2021 9:30 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"79.622317596567\">\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A longtime assistant to National Rifle Association executive Wayne&nbsp;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">LaPierre diverted<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&nbsp;tens of thousands of dollars from the organization to pay for a family wedding, according to testimony at the group&#8217;s bankruptcy trial Tuesday. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">NRA general counsel John Frazer said Millie Hallow used more than $40,000 to pay for her son&#8217;s wedding and other personal expenses. While under questioning from lawyers representing New York attorney general Letitia James (D.), Frazer said Hallow was forced to repay the money in 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;A demand for repayment was made,&#8221; Frazer said. &#8220;And it was repaid with interest.&#8221;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Frazer said Hallow remains employed by the gun-rights group. He did not know whether she was disciplined for the incident.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t know what discussion may have occurred between her and her management,&#8221; Frazer said.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This is not the first time Hallow&#8217;s spending habits have attracted legal scrutiny. Hallow&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/archive\/lifestyle\/1984\/06\/06\/former-arts-official-pleads-guilty\/aca6abfd-1c63-491f-973e-bc545784fd59\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">pled guilty<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&nbsp;under her maiden name to a felony theft charge in 1984 for stealing $23,691 from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities while she served as executive director. She was accused of writing checks from the commission to fake people and keeping the money for herself.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">James has argued throughout the bankruptcy trial that NRA leadership is using the federal bankruptcy to avoid prosecution in New York for financial impropriety. NRA lawyers have countered that the bankruptcy, as well as a relocation to Texas, will allow the group to escape political persecution from James and other anti-gun officials in New York. Lawyers for the advocacy group have been frank about the group&#8217;s past mishandling of money, but insists it has instituted safeguards to ensure dues are spent appropriately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;No one was spared review in the entire organization, including Mr.&nbsp;LaPierre,&#8221; NRA lawyer Greg Garman said in his opening statement on Monday. &#8220;We set out to put our own house in order, which we did.&#8221;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The NRA did not respond to a request for comment on Hallow&#8217;s diversion of NRA funds. but Garman said during his opening statement he expected trial proceedings to reveal &#8220;cringe-worthy&#8221; expenses.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;Are there going to be facts that are moderately cringe-worthy? The answer to that is yes,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We&#8217;re not going to run for them.&#8221;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The bankruptcy trial will enter its third day on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guns LaPierre assistant paid back money with interest  The National Riffle Association of America (NRA) headquarters on August 6, 2020 in Fairfax, Virginia \/ AFP &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311773,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-655.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"NRA Assistant Diverted $40K to Pay For Wedding, Personal Expenses","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-394115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-655.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"NRA Assistant Diverted $40K to Pay For Wedding, Personal Expenses","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394115","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=394115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}