A travel adviser who testified in the National Rifle Association’s bankruptcy case said CEO Wayne LaPierre had instructed her to omit certain flight stops from invoices she sent to the gun rights group for LaPierre’s private jet trip. keep out of the court record.
The travel consultant testified in a videotape court in a bankruptcy court on Thursday that certain invoices she sent to the NRA, at the request of Mr. LaPierre in Nebraska and the Bahamas was stopped. Some family members of mr. LaPierre, who regularly travels by NRA-paid private jets, lives in Nebraska.
The NRA chief earlier testified he regularly traveled to the Bahamas to stay for free on a 108-foot yacht in the Bahamas with family members, provided by an NRA vendor, for safety reasons.
The evidence that claimed that Mr. LaPierre wanted to hide certain private plane stops for the NRA’s own accountants, could be proof that he knows what he’s doing is wrong and is deliberately disguising it, lawyers said.
“If true, it looks like a clear documented example of the misuse of NRA assets and the concealment of the abuse,” said Elizabeth Kingsley, a lawyer in Washington.