Leaked Letters Reveal Details of NRA Chief’s Alleged Spending

WSJ ^ | 5/11/19 | Mark Maremont

[Alter Kaker]

Wayne LaPierre expensed $39,000 in clothes in one day, $18,300 for car and driver, ad agency says; NRA says board has ‘full confidence’ in him

National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre billed the group’s ad agency $39,000 for one day of shopping at a Beverly Hills clothing boutique, $18,300 for a car and driver in Europe, and had the agency cover $13,800 in rent for a summer intern, according to newly revealed NRA internal documents.

The documents, posted anonymously on the internet, provide new details of the clothing, travel and other expenses totaling more than $542,000 that Ackerman McQueen Inc. alleges Mr. LaPierre billed to it.

[buffaloguy]

39,000 for clothing is not unusual. I have a friend who makes suits for wall streeters. In 2008 he was charging 25,000 per suit and there are many others who do the same work as there is good demand. I am good with that expenditure.

[Zhang Fei]

[SeriouslY?]

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I don’t know Wayne LaPierre from a hole in the ground. What I do know is that shall-issue is gaining ground across the country. Stand your ground has spread across the map in a way no one thought possible. Overall, he has done good work. If he feels he needs to spend a few hundred grand on personal expenses per year, heck, I think of it as a bonus for the results he’s garnered. Ollie North might well be better on expenses than LaPierre. He’s an unknown quantity results-wise, though.

[2nd amendment mama]

So, you believe that he accomplished all of that by himself?

[Mr Rogers]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7019015/NRA-chiefs-half-MILLION-dollar-expenses-revealed-leaked-letters.html

“In 2008 he was charging 25,000 per suit...” - buffaloguy

Those happy with paying dues to cover $25,000 suits...have at it. Me? I have no respect for someone who pays more for a suit than I pay for a car. Particularly when he charges it to me!

All those letters I get from the NRA saying it is an emergency? They go in the trash. Seems the emergency is covering for 1/1,000th of a suit!