NRA ousts president Oliver North after alleged extortion scheme against chief executive

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NRA president ousted after alleged extortion scheme against organization’s CEO

Retired U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North, president of the National Rifle Association , speaks at the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action Leadership Forum during the NRA annual meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S., on Friday, April 26, 2019. President Trump announced that his administration is withdrawing from a global arms treaty that set rules for sales and transfers of small arms, missile launchers and warships.

“I believe our Board and devoted members will see this for what it is: a threat meant to intimidate me and divide us,” he continued. “I choose to stand and fight, and hope to bring 5 million members with me.” “Please know I hoped to be with you today as NRA president endorsed for reelection,” North wrote. “I’m now informed that will not happen.”

Sources familiar with the matter told the Journal that LaPierre’s Thursday letter was an “angry reaction” to North. “The letter would contain a devastating account for our financial status, sexual harassment charges against a staff member, accusations of wardrobe expenses and excessive staff travel expenses,” LaPierre wrote. “But then, Col. North explained that the letter would not be sent — if I were to promptly resign as your Executive Vice President. And, if I supported Col. North’s continued tenure as president, he stated that he could ‘negotiate’ an ‘excellent retirement’ for me.

 

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Extortion means he's got something on him, right?

ETTD RIP NRA

These creeps deserve each other!

Everything tRump gets involved in turns to shit

Wait. Help me out here. Is Wayne the president or Ollie? Which one is out? (Just kidding. I don't give a shit.)

I'm glad to see them finally eating their own. Hope the entire organization is permanently wrecked.

I don’t believe either one I think there are three sides to that story Oliver’s side, Wayne’s side and the Actual truth.

Wow what a surprise, Oliver North doing something illegal?!?! Who could have guessed that would happen...like anyone paying attention in the 80s....

Hahahahaha!!!!!

Oh, an OK Corral remake? Who gets to play Doc ? At sunrise? 30 paces or all out blazing ?

Oh, an OK Corral remake? Who get's to play Doc ? At sunrise? 30 paces or all out blazing ?

How unethical & immoral SOB, does some one have to be that, Ollie North complains about your financing schemes?

Karma

No honor among THESE miscreants.

What a bunch of idiots. Now, which unprincipled shyster do we believe.... 🤔

Please, I hope they eat each other up

It’s a shame this group of people weren’t led better. What amazing potential to show gun reform leadership that benefits everyone. Instead we get this...

The NRA received about $70 Million from Russia. After laundering, the NRA funneled it to the GOP. GOP Senators accepted the NRA funds knowing it came from a Russian Oligarch. Now, WHO ARE THE TRAITORS DONALD? YOU AND THE GOP have Putin Asset written all over your carcasses.

ThoughtsAndPrayers for NRA and NRATV RIPNRA RIPNRATV

After all, LaPierre is the Chief Extortion Officer. boundaries

LET THEM EAT CAKE !! DISGUSTING TERRORIST ORGANIZATION FOUNDED BY PUTIN!!

Thoughts and prayers, nra

They're both losers, but what LaPierre describes isn't extortion. Extortion is the obtaining of property from another, with his or her consent, induced by the wrongful use of actual or threatened force, violence, fear, or under color of official right. NRAAM

NRA fees are going to buy empty suits suits? NRA is breeding cannibal Rats? ShutdownNRA Pull401xcharter. this org does not better society. BackgroundChecks GunInsurance BanAssaultWeapons GunLicensePriceIncreases

Thoughts and prayers.

IranContra North goes South?

joellahoye

...out gunned OliverNorth

conspirator0 'Terrorist organisation has infighting'

They both seem so honest and trustworthy. It’s hard to pick a side

A criminal turned on him and is illegally extorting him? Who could have expected that.

Hope they just eat each other.

Thugs.

The NRA is one sick sick organizintion killing thousands of innocent Americans and thats the truth

Gosh, when the NRA recruited a bunch of amoral, money-grubbing ratfuckers, how could they possibly have known they'd be so amoral and money-grubbing they'd ratfuck each other. Wow. So crazy. Who could have predicted it.

Thankfully there is no honor among reprobates.

LaPierre spent $200,000 on clothes and charged it to the NRA? Their financials are shady? Who would have ever guessed? NRAIsATerroristOrganization

Thoughts and prayers, guys.

LOL LOL LOL LOL

Correct Me If Im Wrong, But I Thought Russia Gave The NRA Some $30 Million In Contributions in 2016 then, The NRA Contributed $30 Million To The Trump Campaign in 2016... Is That Not How It Went Down in 2016?

My question is what did a reputable organization like NRA do to be blackmailed jus asking

He was guilty before but gets caught by his bosses just like last time while back to Fox and Friends or Hannity

Thoughts and prayers

You know the old adage if you lay down with dogs you get fleas? It doesn't apply here. They are all jackals.

Who‘d have guessed Oliver North wasn’t going to be an upstanding guy? Who could’ve predicted that?! LoL. Hope he’s just the first of many to fall.

Good Ol' Ollie North up to the same thing as in Iran-Contra... because GOP Republicans NRA are horrible people to their very core.

They eat their own.

Oliver North is not a stand up guy? Shocker...bwahahahaha

The only way out is to settle it like gentlemen. Take ten paces, turn and fire. With an AR-15.

Den of CORRUPT BASTARDS. LaPierre is as dirty as they come. They call him “Mr. Gun Man” in Russia. So who’s the bad guy here exactly?!?

According to NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre, North is “a legendary warrior for American freedom.”

RIP NRA (Rest in Prison)

Yes. They are all corrupt.

ThoughtsAndPrayers

Ok, so what does Oliver North have on LaPierre & what does LaPierre have on North? What does Russian Govt have on Trump? What does Russian Govt have on GOP? What does Russian Govt have on NRA? 2nd Amendment Constitution THEY DONT CARE! Follow the Money!!

Martika215

After all these years. Don’t stop!

sandralhanlon That creature should hide his face for the rest of his miserable life.

Seems like the NRA will destroyed themselves from within.

Good !!

NRAOver

Good

Come on Ollie, show us what you have on him.

Oh, like a coup!

Central figure in the Iran-Contra scandal,NRA President Oliver North,has been ousted after an alleged extortion scheme within the group’s highest-ranking officials came to light.Wayne LaPierre wrote a letter to the board accusing North. ELECTION CORRUPTION TRUMP GOP MAGA

Do people still doubt the insane corruption in this group? These are sick, deranged criminals using scare tactics against US citizens to fleece them of their hard earned money.

You can't tell me that some Russian olligarch has something to do with the vanishing NRA funds

The Republican Party is the Party of the Old South. Nixon's Southern Strategy was a huge success. It's now the White Supremacy Party full of Dixiepublicans.

Gun fight at the OK corral!

This is like watching the black plague fight the Ebola virus over which is worse for humanity

Finally he was caught🤮🤮🤮

You know what else is a thing of beauty? The 5.5 million members of the NRA that contribute up to $750,000 a month to the organization. You know what’s the MOST beautiful? 90-100 million gun owners in our country. Have a nice day.

Wasn't the idiot in Chief just there talking?

Is it just me or does this feel like a wagthedog scenario? MariaButina who admitted to being an agent for the Kremlin was sentenced to 18months for conspiring with Russia to access the NRA and Republicans...and here we are talking about Oliver North. nra rnc smokescreen

The NRA needs to know they have crossed the line and a couple of people getting fired is not enough. Time to reorganize and Clean House. DLoesch and Wayne need to resign

How spectatularly fucked up is the NRA? They had their meltdown in public on their convention weekend. Couldn't happen to a bigger bunch of goons.

What we have come to expect from NRA.

Just like all of trumps people so crooked.

It’s almost like they’re not very good people

Clo$e down the entire Org.!

axman643 DISGUST?! Wayne La Pierre?! 👻🤪🤮

Clown Show’’

So I guess NRA are shooting themselves in the foot not stabbing themselves in the back.

Looks like 2019’s Oliver North is exactly the same as the 80’s version. No love for the NRA, it’s just funny how a little pugnacious marine is still causing problens

Hmmm maybe they should lose their non-profit status?

Who knew he was dishonest ?

Hey Wayne, thoughts and prayers!

your headline is better than nytimes

'standing his ground'! Love it. Well done.

So what do their “members” think about they way their money is being spent?

Hey NRA, Buyer’s remorse? After all, you *did hire Oliver precisely *because his speciality *is extortion—selling to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, arming death squads in Nicaragua & El Salvador & Guatemala to rape & kill nuns & priests & men & women & children—did you not? Sad.

They must have a duel at dawn! WTF? That’s the only way the NRA should be allowed to settle anything amongst themselves.

North is a crooked human being- we already knew that tigersdontchangetheirspots

Or was he ousted to eliminate threats of exposure from Butina & russias money laundering thru the NRA to GOP & collaborations between the NRA, Russia & every individual in Trumps orbit with GOP connections to steal 2016 election.

Breaks my fucking heart. 😆 Anyone else care? 🎻

Buy-bye. Thoughts and prayers. Womp womp.

Thoughts and prayers. 😘

KaivanShroff How the POS thickens! Oh, how I do love me some good old fashioned bad guy to bad buy showdown at the NRA corral. You boys packin? No Ollie, I’m not talking about luggage.

Alarmed and disgusted. Thoughts and prayers.

I hope they all destroy each other. The NRA is a violence porn peddling extremist organization that does zero education and shouldn’t have tax exempt status

Thoughts and prayers.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

JeffersonObama Russian organization

Ollie North — Get your revenge!!! Do it now!!!!!!!!!!!!

I do not feel sorry for NRA WayneLaPierre or oliverNorth God will judge you when it is all said and done.

Always fun to watch when the jackals turn on each other.

Watching the blood shills at the NRA devour itself is the chef’s-kiss of schadenfreude.

It’s About Time. ByeBye

So Ollie North did something shady and underhanded?

One down. 100’s to go.

Once slime, always slime, right Ollie N.?

Like the vast majority of money going to Trump's reelection campaign will eventually go to attorneys, NRA members will see the vast majority of their donations and dues go to defend the organization against the many lawsuits that are likely to follow this shenanigan. And...

Thoughts and prayers, No Yea, me neither.

Isn't it great when assholes bugger each other?

Fake news? Lyin' Ollie? Lyin' Wayne?

Shoot it out

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DUEL? WHY NOT? You're the NRA how can you not duel?!

Flashback.

Please tell me that Ollie still keeps a diary.

Ollie North - Iran/Contra all known by Reagan wanted to remove LaPierre whom somehow allowed Russia funding to the NRA. Pot calling the kettle black?

Bye Felicia

Too bad Wayne is not 'alarmed' and 'disgusted' by the number of gun deaths in our country.

My thoughts and prayers. Funny how Trump was praising this group just this week. It’s like everything and every organization Trump is involved with is full of corruption.

How's Fawn Hall looking these days?

Did Ollie North wanna a cut of the NRA's Russian money & was denied? EarnThoseRubles

DebraTdmbg NRA threatened with extortion. Isn’t that what the NRA does?

Two rats facing off, I hope they both get forced out.

What a bunch of pansies! They should've stayed true to their motto and shot it out on the executive board 🔫🔫🔫

LulaInspira

glad they are fighting each other, but I wished LaPierre was ousted...the entire leadership group is despicable...

So Ollie North is a criminal. Who could have seen that coming?

Please, anyone, tell me who you were rooting for in this one.

lapierre is slowly leading that organization into total collapse, north, it seems, wanted to try and save it, but you can't really save fanatics from themselves, they're going to self-destruct one way or another, will there even be an nra in 10 years, probably not

Gee making a known criminal president is going to be a problem. Couldnt happen to a better piece of garbagebag humans.

Hope FOX covers this to know what is going on. Seems this story might be legitimate and don't have a source to trust. I only follow WaPo for the comedy

TheArtist_MBS 👏🏾👏🏾

Sure 😆

the national russian association ....oops the NRA

WHO COULD HAVE GUESSED?

The NRA just needs to die off...

DLoesch you lost Ollie! Say it isn't so! What if you're next? A man can dream, can't he? 😉

THE BEST PEOPLE

How is it neither one of them has said “PISTOLS AT DAWN”?

The best news I’ll hear all day! 😍😂

'It's as American as moms and apple pie'... and the NRA sided with Russia.

People who love guns getting increasingly agitated... this will not end well.

They should settle it by duel with AR-15s

Ollie North is abetting the Trump regime in its endeavors to authoritarian rule. Do not forget North’s role in IranContra

Who could have known that Oliver North would break the law?

So a horrible person with a gun stopped... another horrible person with a gun.

Did JonCaldara, professional grifter, mention this in his gun-hustling screed for denveropinion? Does denverpost have a contract with this guy? Or can they not find a cogent 'conservative' to publish so this is the best they can do? copolitics

lrozen KT_So_It_Goes

NRA's mostly protects, nra's, the co.' Not gun, rights?

Ollie North. What a fantastic guy.

Cmon OliverLNorth don’t let waynelapierrejr bring you down like this!!! You have to fight!! He is embarrassing you!!

Anxiously awaiting a Wayne LaPierre and Oliver North duel.

Chuck Heston Said it best,

Is Ted 'peodephile' Nugent still on the board of directors?

It good to see infighting in the NRA. Maybe they should use their guns

NRA Your leader is pretty corrupt. Get rid of them ALL and start over.

Noted law breaker, North, continues to break laws.

TulsiGabbard on Gun control.

Bye-bye. Thoughts and prayers lol. Hopefully the corrupt NRA continues to crumble.

Last. Man. Standing? Yeah that!!!

Bwahahahahahaaaa criminals

love it

Ts and Ps... 😎

Thoughts and prayers 🙏

HAHAHA these creeps.

Lol

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