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Trial Exhibit: 2019 Esther Schneider Email Re: “Follow-Up Questions” For The Board

January 25, 2024

Filing Summary

Following the 2019 NRA convention, board member Esther Schneider wrote a four page letter to NRA Counsel Wit Davis with “follow-up questions” related to the board and NRA activity. These questions surrounded various topics, including: whistleblowers at the NRA, Marion Hammer’s compensation, the fees for the Brewer law firm, and an employee’s “hit and run” accident while in a vehicle rented by the NRA. Docket number 2780.

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