Senior executives of the National Rifle Association, including Wayne LaPierre, its former chief executive who resigned last week, pilfered millions of dollars from the gun rights organization “for personal benefit” in an orchestrated scheme of corruption, a prosecutor said on Monday afternoon.
Monica Connell, New York’s assistant attorney general, made the claim during opening statements on the first day of a civil trial in Manhattan that will hear testimony that LaPierre and two other NRA leaders squandered the money on luxury travel and other perks for themselves and family members.
