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> NRA on Trial: Day 7 Summary of Bankruptcy Trial
>
> Week three of the NRA’s bankruptcy trial in
> Dallas began today with witness testimony from
> three current and former NRA board members that
> raised questions about the competence of NRA
> management. But, the most striking part of
> today’s trial was a deposition of NRA President
> Carolyn Meadows that was read into evidence, in
> which Meadows admitted to burning and shredding
> documents. In addition, video deposition testimony
> of Woody Phillips, the former longtime CFO of the
> NRA, was played in open court with Phillips
> invoking the Fifth Amendment and refusing to
> testify on several matters.
>
> Major moments during today’s testimony
> included:
>
> KEY POINTS
> NRA President Admits Burning and Shredding
> Documents Ahead of Subpoena. In a deposition read
> into evidence, NRA Board President Carolyn Meadows
> acknowledged that she “shredded and actually
> burned” her notes from phone calls and meetings
> in the early part of 2019. She said she did so
> because NRA General Counsel John Frazer told her
> “they could be subpoenaed or used.” Meadows
> described the conversation with Frazer as a
> consultation, and said the destruction of
> documents occurred ahead of receiving a formal
> document hold notice. After shredding and burning
> the existing notes, Meadows testified that she
> stopped taking notes. In his testimony two weeks
> ago, Frazer confirmed he was aware of this prior
> testimony from Meadows about document destruction,
> adding “she later testified that it was someone
> else that she had discussed it with.”
>
> Meadows’ Admission Could Raise Questions About
> Potential Unlawful Destruction of Evidence. While
> further information is necessary, Meadows’
> admission could raise the prospect of potential
> charges relating to destruction of evidence or
> obstruction of justice.
>
> Former CFO Pleads the Fifth. Deposition testimony
> was played in court showing longtime NRA CFO Woody
> Phillips invoking his Fifth Amendment rights on
> several topics, including questions about Wayne
> LaPierre’s travel, fundraising arrangements with
> NRA vendors, and LaPierre’s relationship with
> former longtime PR firm Ackerman McQueen, among
> other topics. The Fifth Amendment of the U.S.
> Constitution provides rights to individuals to
> prevent implicating oneself in a crime or exposing
> oneself to criminal prosecution. Phillips invoked
> the Fifth no fewer than 80 times according to the
> parts of his testimony. Phillips is a named
> defendant in the New York Attorney General lawsuit
> against the NRA and has been at the heart of
> several questionable financial transactions
> discussed at the trial. Despite being the NRA’s
> Chief Financial Officer for 26 years, the NRA’s
> counsel has tried to portray him as a “man not
> up for the job.”
>
> Longtime NRA Board Member Owen “Buz” Mills
> Calls NRA Management “Corrupted” and Says “I
> Don’t See Anything That is Salvageable.”
> Mills, who has been on the NRA board since 2009,
> called CEO Wayne LaPierre a “trainwreck” as a
> manager of the NRA, and stated his belief that the
> NRA’s current problems were “our fault”
> because “[t]he board had failed to provide
> adequate direction and supervision.” When asked
> about the NRA’s purported “self-correction”
> that has been at the heart of the NRA’s defense
> during the trial, Mills testified “I believe
> that the management is corrupted and I believe the
> board is corrupted. I don’t see anything there
> that is salvageable.”
>
> Former NRA Board Member Esther Schneider Says She
> Was Sidelined After Asking Questions. Schneider is
> a former board member who joined two other board
> members to publicly announce their 2019
> resignations from the NRA, claiming they had been
> “stonewalled, accused of disloyalty, stripped of
> committee assignments and denied effective counsel
> necessary to properly discharge our
> responsibilities as Board members.” In her
> testimony, Schneider expanded on those
> allegations, saying that she had repeatedly asked
> management for internal control policies and
> procedures, including “a list of questions”
> regarding a lack of internal transparency,
> spending by Wayne LaPierre, and insider benefits,
> among others, which she said “went nowhere.”
> She testified that the board’s counsel as well
> as the NRA’s now-President Carolyn Meadows
> dismissed her concerns, and recounted receiving
> “an admonishing letter” about her questions
> from Meadows. Schneider also testified, “[t]here
> are no decisions made pertaining to the board or
> the operation of the NRA that do not have Wayne
> [LaPierre]’s blessing.”
>
>
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