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NRA trial opens window on secretive leader's life and work
Read full article: NRA trial opens window on secretive leader's life and workWayne LaPierre flies exclusively on private jets, he sailed around the Bahamas for āsecurityā and never sends emails or texts in his work running the nationās most politically influential gun-rights group.
At Sturgis, Trump supporters look to turn bikers into voters
Read full article: At Sturgis, Trump supporters look to turn bikers into votersChris Cox, the founder of Bikers for Trump, examines his motorcycle on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020, outside the Bikers for Trump trailer he brought to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, in Sturgis, S.D. While many have come to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally for some combination of riding and partying, Cox's focus is on something else: voting. To make his appeal, Cox enlisted scantily-clad female bartenders to join his nightly Trump rallies atop bars at One Eyed Jack's Saloon. More recently, he has enlisted bikers to give Amish and Mennonite Trump supporters motorcycle rides to rallies in Pennsylvania. Since the last election, Cox has tried to build Bikers for Trump into a political machine, registering a political action committee.
NY attorney general seeks to dissolve NRA
Read full article: NY attorney general seeks to dissolve NRAThe organization went from a nearly $28 million surplus in 2015 to a $36 million deficit in 2018. The NRA is fraught with fraud and abuse, which is why, today, we seek to dissolve the NRA, because no organization is above the law.A message seeking comment from the NRA about the lawsuit was left Thursday. While the lawsuit accuses all four men of wrongdoing and seeks fines and remuneration, none of them have been charged with a crime. The advertising firm would pick up the tab for various expenses for LaPierre and other NRA executives and then send a lump sum bill to the organization for out-of-pocket expenses, the lawsuit said. He accused LaPierre of exerting dictatorial control.