NRA reports alleged misspending by current and former executives to IRS
Source: Washington Post
After years of denying allegations of lax financial oversight, the National Rifle Association has made a stunning declaration in a new tax filing: Current and former executives used the nonprofit groups money for personal benefit and enrichment.
The NRA said in the filing that it continues to review the alleged abuse of funds, as the tax-exempt organization curtails services and runs up multimillion-dollar legal bills. The assertion of impropriety comes four months after the attorney general of New York state filed a lawsuit accusing NRA chief executive Wayne LaPierre and other top officials of using NRA funds for decades to provide inflated salaries and expense accounts.
The tax return, which The Washington Post obtained from the organization, says the NRA became aware during 2019 of a significant diversion of its assets. The 2019 filing states that LaPierre and five former officials received excess benefits, a term the IRS uses when officials have enriched themselves at the expense of a nonprofit entity.
The disclosures in the tax return suggest that the organization is standing by its 71-year-old chief executive while continuing to pursue former executives who left the group. The filing says that LaPierre corrected his financial lapses with a repayment and contends that former executives improperly used NRA funds or charged the nonprofit for expenses that were not appropriate.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/nra-irs-disclosure-990/2020/11/25/50521108-2d34-11eb-9c71-ccf2c0b8d571_story.html
James48
(4,435 posts)I cant wait until law and order is restored in Washington DC.
keithbvadu2
(36,775 posts)Leaked Documents: Oliver North Warned NRA Over $24 Million in Legal Bills
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Just imagine getting (rightly) called out on your dishonesty and ethics by Ollie North!
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IronLionZion
(45,427 posts)and achieve some sensible gun reform legislation
3Hotdogs
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(20,174 posts)Marcuse
(7,479 posts)packman
(16,296 posts)"Current and former executives used the nonprofit groups money for personal benefit and enrichment."
Did ANYONE have any doubt? The NRA was supporting and shouting out that 2nd Amendment B.S. and other crap to keep the $'s flowing in. Did anyone think they weren't living high on that hog?