The longtime head of the National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre, misspent millions of dollars of the U.S. organization’s money, using the funds to pay for an extravagant lifestyle that included exotic getaways and trips on private planes and superyachts, a New York jury determined Friday.
The jury ordered LaPierre, 74, to repay almost $4.4 million US to the powerful gun rights group that he led for three decades. It also ordered the NRA’s retired finance chief, Wilson Phillips, to pay back the group $2 million US. Jurors additionally found that the NRA omitted or misrepresented information in its tax filings and
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