Mike Spies writes about Wayne LaPierre, the former head of the National Rifle Association, and his trial for financial misdeeds.
This story was published in partnership with The Trace, a nonprofit news organization covering guns in America. This notion of rugged individual responsibility ran counter to the case laid out by the office of the New York attorney general, which accused LaPierre of rampant self-dealing and a deliberate disregard for oversight. Lavish travel expenses—luxury hotels, private jets—went through the N.R.A.
On a series of African hunting trips, for instance, handlers and staff managed almost every aspect of his performance so that, later, the material could be hammered into narratives of masculine heroism for an N.R.A.-sponsored television show. On a 2003 trip to Botswana, footage shows him sitting on the edge of his bed in a spacious tent, chin resting on his hand, staring out at a view of tall trees. He’s dressed in khaki-and-green safari gear.
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