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Trial Exhibit: 2018 Sonya Rowling / Emily Cummins Message Exchange Regarding “Excessive Spending” At The NRA

February 2, 2024

Filing Summary

In 2018, NRA finance employee Emily Cummins wrote an email to then-staffer Sonya Rowling and claimed that “the problems with c4 excessive spending aren’t in [the Institute of Legislative Action].” Rowling acknowledged the problem and replied: “Everyone knows where the spending problem is, but that is untouchable and the real reason behind the need for control.” Docket number 2869.

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