This Week In Court During this week’s testimony, NRA witnesses testified that they opposed the appointment of an independent monitor for the organization, although testimony also showed that the NRA had previously sought one during its 2021 bankruptcy and that many of the leaders of the NRA had been in place for decades. To that […]

This Week In Court After a six-week jury trial in early 2024, a jury found the NRA, former NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre, former NRA CFO Woody Phillips and current NRA General Counsel John Frazer liable on a number of counts. The jury verdict also awarded millions of dollars in damages, but did not address equitable […]

Filing Summary Following a multiyear investigation and a six-week long trial, former NRA Chief Financial Officer Woody Phillips and the New York Attorney General reached a settlement agreement on May 24, 2024. Details of the settlement have not been made public.

Filing Summary In the fall of 2020, Wayne LaPierre wrote to Carolyn Meadows, Charles Cotton, and Willes Lee in order to inform them that he intended “to pay one-time ‘retention bonuses’ in January 2021” to seven employees, with bonuses ranging from $25,000 to $250,000. These employees were: Craig Spray, John Frazer, Andrew Arulanandam, Joe DeBergalis, […]

Filing Summary In 2020, then-CFO Craig Spray emailed General Counsel John Frazer, Wayne LaPierre, and others on an email exchange regarding Wayne LaPierre’s approval of first class travel for board members, telling them: “There are no ‘Wayne said’ approvals at the NRA. All of you are core to our controls process and frankly I am […]

Filing Summary The NRA’s trial in New York City revealed an anonymous 12-paragraph letter that was sent to the audit committee “prior to the April 2007 NRA annual meeting.” The letter raised concerns about financial practices within the NRA, whistleblowing procedures, travel being booked through a private travel agent, and the Frenkel Report detailing questionable […]

Filing Summary This 852 page exhibit contains detailed travel invoices from Gayle Stanford’s companies I.I. & I.S. and GS2 to the NRA. The invoices cover transportation arrangements from 2011 to 2019. The exhibit corresponds with the spreadsheet in another exhibit. Docket number 3118.

Filing Summary In 2003, the NRA commissioned a report related to the use of an NRA credit card by Millie Hallow, an aide to then-NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre. During this current time of legal crisis for the NRA amid allegations of financial impropriety, the 2003 report, secret until now, is yet another catalog […]

Filing Summary On February 16, 2024, Judge Cohen issued jury instructions to the group before they began their deliberations.

Filing Summary On February 16, 2024, Judge Cohen issued the jury a ten question verdict sheet.