So it was remarkable to see the shambolic turn his tenure atop the National Rifle Association has taken showcased last week in federal bankruptcy court in Dallas. Mr. LaPierre acknowledged that he had secretly taken the N.R.A. And he made a string of admissions that served largely to underscore the N.R.A.’s disarray and the questions about his own fitness to lead it. He didn’t know, he testified, that his former chief financial officer had received a $360,000-a-year consulting contract after leaving under a cloud. He didn’t know that the personal travel agent the N.R.A.

Source: International New York Times April 11, 2021 17:37 UTC