Days after announcing his retirement as leader of the National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre is facing some big questions in court.
LaPierre and other former NRA leaders are facing a lawsuit that alleges that they used millions of dollars of the organization’s funding for their own personal use, NBC News reported. On Monday — just three days after announcing he’s stepping down as chief executive since taking over in 1991 — he appeared in court for the first time.
The prosecution accused LaPierre of operating as the “King of the NRA” and spending extravagant amounts of the nonprofit’s funding on himself, including international trips and favors for friends, according to the Associated Press.
He led the organization as if it was “Wayne’s World for decades,” New York State Attorney General’s office attorney Monica Connell reportedly said in court, per the outlets.
Among the expenses that LaPierre charged the NRA that Connell shared with the court on Monday was a total …