Chaos broke out at the NRA 's annual convention in Indianapolis last week. The gun group's figurehead president, Oliver North, backed by its longtime PR firm Ackerman McQueen, allegedly tried to oust the NRA's powerful CEO, Wayne LaPierre . But LaPierre hit back — forcing North to step down, while winning unanimous reelection by the NRA board. As this Game of Thrones -worthy infighting played out, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced she has opened an investigation into the NRA's financial practices — amid public accusations that NRA executives and contractors have been feathering their nests with donor dollars — raising the possibility that the association's non-profit status could be revoked. Things have gotten so bad that even " chaos president " Donald Trump tweeted at the gun lobby to "get its act together quickly, stop the internal fighting, & get back to GREATNESS – FAST!" Below, we tease out this hot mess at the NRA: THE COMBATANTS The NRA The gun lobby spent $30 million in the 2016 election to boost Trump — more than twice what it spent on Mitt Romney in 2012. The go-for-broke investment paid off in a president who praises gun rights at every… Read full this story
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