Oliver North: 'Informed' I will not be renominated NRA president
Source: CNN
(CNN) National Rifle Association President Oliver North told NRA members on Saturday he will not be renominated president of the group following a dispute with its CEO Wayne LaPierre. The announcement was made in a letter read Saturday during the NRA convention being held in Indianapolis, NRA officials confirmed to CNN. North said in the letter that he hoped he would be renominated for a second term but, "I am now informed that will not happen," according to a video of the letter being read. There was a vote scheduled for Sunday to choose the president.
North, a central figure in the Iran-Contra scandal, was selected last year to be the NRA's president. At the time, LaPierre -- the group's longtime executive and key public face -- called him "hands down, the absolute best choice to lead our NRA Board." Already a controversial figure due to the Reagan-era scandal over secret arms sales to Iran, North joined the preeminent gun rights group at a critical juncture for it as it responded to renewed calls for gun control in the wake of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida.
But on Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported that LaPierre told the NRA's board that he had refused a demand by North to step down and accused the NRA president of trying to extort him.According to the Journal, North told the board that he was forming a crisis committee to look at the organization's finances and had told the board's executive committee that LaPierre charged more than $200,000 in wardrobe purchases to a vendor.
The dispute between LaPierre and North originated in part from a dispute between the NRA and contractor Ackerman McQueen Inc., an ad agency which runs NRATV, its online media service. That resulted in a lawsuit filed earlier this month by the NRA.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/27/politics/oliver-north-nra/index.html
Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,336 posts)and I remember watching it when it aired live.
(In fact I think I still have that whole Shatner episode on VHS - from '86)
True Blue American
(17,988 posts)I never heard that one.
But William Barr had Bush Sr. Give them all pardons. The same many who is defending Trump today. Wonder what his name will be in History?
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,032 posts)Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)non-profit funds? Why is the NRA a tax-free organization when they obviously make millions in profits?
keithbvadu2
(36,869 posts)llmart
(15,548 posts)NOT!!!
I'm fairly certain there are more deplorables just waiting in the wings.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)got involved with Russian money-laundering, when Ollie showed up. Being a true Republican, whatever charges he's making against LaPierre, he's done himself.
appal_jack
(3,813 posts)Apparently, the NRA President term is just one year (North is concluding his first term as NRA President), but North has been part of the NRA Board for more than two decades:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/04/27/nra-president-oliver-north-convention-indianapolis-speech-power-struggle/3598606002/
I'm quite sure that North was more than elbow deep in all the willful violations of campaign finance law and money laundering uindertaken by the NRA throughout the 2016 campaign though. Criminals like North do not stop their crime as long as they walk free.
This should be a key data point in the "Impeach in 2019 vs. Focus exclusively on the 2020 election" debate. If Democrats fail to enforce subpoenas, hold hearings, and then bring Impeachment charges, they will lose. How do I know? Because Republicans like North (and Nunes, and McConnell, and...) will continue to play dirty unless they are caught, prosecuted, and imprisoned.
Bill Clinton & co. made this mistake when refusing to investigate Iran Contra after his inauguration. Obama, Biden, and Holder made this mistake when refusing to investigate the lies of of the Iraq War or prosecute Bankster fraud. Will a Democratic House make this same mistake about collusion, cover up, and the 2016 campaign? I sure hope not!
-app
MsLeopard
(1,265 posts)If they let the bastards walk again were through. The country cannot sustain the lawlessness committed by the powerful and connected (wealthy) for any longer. They have been looting, pillaging, and raping the planet and its people for more than 40 years now. It has to end.
Please Democratic leadership - do the moral thing and hold the criminals accountable.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)I remember a bunch of crap from back then. ..even William Barr's part.
CaptainTruth
(6,599 posts)So it looks like he & LaPierre will continue fighting ... in court.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)Adios, Ollie....
Maxheader
(4,373 posts)They don't need a ceo and a president...
Arkansas Granny
(31,525 posts)DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)eppur_se_muova
(36,280 posts)No one could have predicted ....
Nitram
(22,845 posts)Midnight Writer
(21,780 posts)mpcamb
(2,873 posts)jalan48
(13,879 posts)rurallib
(62,433 posts)Clint Eastwood and his chair?
Zombie John Wayne?
NCjack
(10,279 posts)rurallib
(62,433 posts)NCjack
(10,279 posts)pardoned by Pense 1 minute later. Make a deal to resign for no prison time.
He needs a placeholder until he is ready to step into the job at NRA. I'm thinking of ex-AG Whitaker.