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wayne lapierre, facing a lawsuit to essentially fire him, "the new york times" reporting on a trove of details on letitia james attempt to remove la pierre after decades at the helm. the lawsuit centers on allegations of corruption and financial mismanagement, including prosecutors say $40,000 beverly hills shopping sprees, another 250 grand on travel expenses to the bahamas and italy's lake cuomo, among other destinations, all this allegedly on the nra's tab. he's argued his expenses were legitimate business expenses. and contributor and writer for the trace, thanks for being with us, there have been so many attempts to oust la pierre as the face of the nra, what makes this different? >> this could actually cost him his job, you know, this is not, you know, in, ra executives nanding near him and, you know, he has fended off coup attempts
the longtime leader of the national rifle association facing a lawsuit to essentially fire him. the new york times reporting on a trove of details about new york a.g. laetitia james attempt to remove lapierre, after decades at the helm of the controversial lobbying group. the lawsuit centers on allegations of corruption and financial mismanagement, including prosecutors, say, 40,000 dollar beverly hills shopping sprees, another 250 grand on travel expenses to the bahamas and italy's like cuomo, among other destinations, all this allegedly under the nra's tab. lapierre has argued that his expenditures were all legitimate business expenses. with us now, cnn contributor and writer for the jury's, jennifer massiah. jennifer, thank you for being with us. there have been so many attempts to oust lapierre as the face of the nra. what makes this different? >> this could actually cost him his job.
>> again, it depends on the context. >> reporter: fallout from the hearing also resulted in the resignation of u penn's president liz magill. elise stefanik wasted no time responding to today's comments. >> as a harvard graduate myself, we have seen a failure of leadership from claudine gay, a failure of moral leadership. this accountability would not have happened were it not for that congressional hearing. >> reporter: stefanik underscoring that her investigation will continue. >> only when it comes to antisemitic hate speech that the school tolerates it and gives these kind of laurie equivocal answers. and so i think this is kind over the bigger issue that we've got to deal with. >> reporter: gay's tenure as president was the shortest in harvard's nearly 400-year history. she was also the school's first black president and only the second woman at the helm. in her resignation, she wrote att has been "frightening to
were it not for that congressional hearing. >> reporter: and stefanik saying her investigation will continue. >> only when it comes to anti-semitic hate speech the school tolerates it and gets a lawyerly answer. and so i think this is the bigger issue that we have to deal with. >> reporter: gay's tenure as president was shortest in harvard's nearly 400 year history. she was also the school's first black president and only the second woman at the helm. in her resignation note she wrote that it has been frightening to be subjected to personal attacks and threats fueled by racial animus. dr. gay will remain a member of the harvard faculty and the school says it will begin a search for a new president in due course. some conservatives on capitol hill say they will start looking at m.i.t.'s president who was also at that congressional hearing as well as leadership and faculty at other universities that they continue too woke and some african-american leaders saying all of this has the stink of
contacts. >> reporter: fallout from the hearing also resulted in the resignation of upenn's president liz skill. house republican caucus leader liz stefanik wasting no time responding to today's events. >> as a harvard graduate myself, we have seen a failure of leadership from claudine gay, a failure of moral leadership. this accountability would not have happened were enough for that congressional hearing. >> reporter: stefanik underscoring that her investigation will continue. >> only when it comes to antisemitic hate speech, that the school tolerates it and gives this lawyer equivocal answers, and i think this is the bigger issue that we try to deal with. >> reporter: gay's tenure as president was the shortest hearts in the 400 year history. she says the school's first black president and only the second woman at the helm. in her resignation no, sheaid it's been frightening to be subjected to personal attacks and threats fueled by racial animus.
that congressional hearing. >> reporter: stefanik underscoring her investigation will continue. gay's tenure as president was the shortest in harvard's nearly 400-year history. she was the school's first black president and only the second woman at the helm. in larry to the harvard community, she wrote that her exit came with a heavy heart. it has become clear that it is in the best interests of harvard to resign so they can navigate the moment of challenge on the focus on the institution rather than any individual. harvard announced late today that garver who currently serves as provost will step in as interim president while acknowledging gay's commit many to the school. it is with that overarching consideration in mind that we've accepted gay's resignation, adding, we do so with sorrow.
it's the top of the hour and we are tracking breaking news. the president of harvard, claudine, has announced that she is resigning after just six months on the job. gay had been under pressure to step down ever since her congressional testimony last month about antisemitism on campus. >> she was being investigated for plagiarism and recently requested corrections to some of her academic work. matt egan is following this story for us. what is happening here? tell us the latest. tell us what is next. >> breonna and boris, claudine gay is resigning after a tumultuous six months at the helm of one of america's most prestigious universities. gay describe this decision as, quote, difficult beyond words, but she said it was one made with deep low for harvard. in a statement to the harvard community, she wrote that after consultation with members of the corporation it has become clear that it is in the best interest of harvard for me to resign so that our community can navigate this moment of
or so. he was previously at stanford. we don't know how long garber is going to be at the helm. harvard has not announced just when they are going to launch their search for a new president, but what is clear is that garber, they are stepping into a mess. they are going to face a tall task here, trying to clean up the situation and trying to fix the harvard brand, which has clearly taken a hit. the school has seen early applications drop. as i mentioned, donors have revolted. lawmakers are really strongly criticized the university, and you have a lot of parents and students and alumni who are worried about the future of this brand. this is not going to be an easy task. >> thank you so much. here with us now is harvard history professor, avery johnson. she's one of hundreds of professors who signed a letter urging harvard university to keep professor gay.
this accountability would not have happened were it not for that congressional hearing. >> reporter: stefanic underscoring that her investigation will continue. >> giving lawyerly, equivocal answers -- i think this is the bigger issue. >> reporter: gay's tenure as president was the shortest in harvard's nearly 400-year history. she was also the school's first black president and only the second woman at the helm. in her resignation note, she wrote that it has been frightening to be subjected to personal attacks and threats fueled by racial animus. dr. gay will remain a member of harvard's faculty. the school says that it will start a search for a new president in due course. some conservatives on capitol hill say they will now train their ire on m.i.t.'s president, also at that hearing, as well as other leaders of other universities that they consider