Adam KlasfeldApr 16th, 2021, 11:07 am
The National Rifle Association’s former chief financial officer and treasurer previously told a bankruptcy court that he tried to reform an organization under the thrall of its CEO
Wayne LaPierre, who allegedly instilled an institutional culture of subordinates justifying a disregard for internal control with the words “Wayne said.”
On Friday, that ex-CFO,
Craig Spray, questioned whether the NRA would fold entirely without its current leader.
“Isn’t it fair to say that the NRA could survive without LaPierre at the helm?” Assistant New York Attorney General
Yael Fuchs asked Spray.
“I think it would be very challenging,” Spray replied.
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National Rifle Association head Wayne LaPierre, on the virtual witness stand during the third day of the group s highly anticipated bankruptcy trial in Texas, was peppered with a harsh line of questioning, including one about a $60,000 invoice marked Russia.
In Wednesday s testimony, the NRA s longtime executive vice president conceded that he did not inform several senior NRA officials that he would file his bankruptcy petition before he did so, including a board member who would have been his successor, Law & Crime reported. LaPierre also testified that he did not inform board members about the establishment of a company Sea Girt, LLC, which he formed in Texas for the purpose of filing for bankruptcy.
Many Meatpackers, Other Food Workers Still Waiting for Vaccines
COVID-19 vaccines are making their way into the arms of U.S. meat and agriculture workers, but companies and union officials say progress needs to be faster after coronavirus outbreaks idled slaughterhouses and sickened thousands of workers.
Vaccinating food workers could help prevent further production disruptions that sent meat prices soaring in spring 2020 and forced retailers like Kroger Co. to restrict customers’ purchases of ground beef and other products.
Nationwide, 22,000 meatpacking workers have been infected or exposed to the virus, and 132 have died, according to the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) International union.
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