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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Apr 7, 2021, 08:54 PM Apr 2021

Water buffalo and elephant hunts just part of NRA head Wayne LaPierre's job, he admits at Texas [View all]

Source: New York Daily News

bankruptcy hearing

NRA chief Wayne Lapierre said Wednesday hunting and shooting African wildlife is just part of his job.

Testifying at a Texas bankruptcy court hearing convened as part of the pro gun-group’s effort to evade a move by New York officials to put the pro-gun group out of business, Lapierre said he hunted water buffalo and elephants on the dime of NRA vendors was “all work.”

Among the allegations leveled in a lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James’ is that LaPierre and other key players at the NRA use donor funds like a “piggy bank” to fund extravagant trips around the world, no-show contracts, and a traveling “glam squad” of stylists for LaPierre’s wife, Susan.

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“Yes. That was all work,” LaPierre replied.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/water-buffalo-and-elephant-hunts-just-part-of-nra-head-wayne-lapierre-s-job-he-admits-at-texas-bankruptcy-hearing/ar-BB1fpuiZ?li=BBnbcA1&ocid=DELLDHP



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