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LaPIERRE STEPS DOWN: Longtime NRA CEO Announces Resignation

posted by Hannity Staff - 1.05.24

After nearly 50 years with the NRA, Wayne LaPierre has announced his resignation…

According to a Fox News report, NRA CEO and executive vice president Wayne LaPierre will step down from his position — effective January 31st. Andrew Arulanandam, the NRA’s executive and head of general operations, will serve as interim CEO and executive vice president of the NRA.

NRA President Charles Cotton accepted LaPierre’s resignation on Friday. The 74-year-old Lapierre said he was stepping down for health reasons.

“On behalf of the NRA Board of Directors, I thank Wayne LaPierre for his service. Wayne has done as much to protect Second Amendment freedom as anyone,” Cotton said according to the press release. “Wayne is a towering figure in the fight for constitutional freedom, but one of his other talents is equally important: he built an organization that is bigger than him. Under the direction of Andrew Arulanandam, the NRA will continue to thrive – with a renewed energy in our business operations and grassroots advocacy. Our future is bright and secure.”

From Fox News:

The announcement comes as LaPierre is set to face trial in the corruption case brought by Democratic New York Attorney General Letitia James. James – who before being elected the state’s AG, vowed to take on the NRA and slammed the group as a “terrorist organization” – brought forth a lawsuit in 2020 accusing NRA leadership of violating state and federal laws to divert millions of dollars to their own pockets.

The NRA has repeatedly hit back that James’s suit was an example of her weaponizing the powers of her office “to silence” the Second Amendment group due to her “animus” for the organization.

“The NRA continues its defense of a lawsuit by the New York Attorney General, and LaPierre is an individual defendant in that action. It is well-known that the NYAG vowed to pursue the NRA when she was candidate for her office and, upon being elected, filed a lawsuit to dissolve the Association in August 2020. Trial proceedings in that case begin Monday,” the NRA’s press release states.

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