WLP'Josh Powell Placed on Administrative Leave

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  • wolfwood

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    Aug 24, 2011
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    WLP's Chief of Staff Josh Powell Placed on Administrative Leave

    I don't have access to the washington post so I haven't read the full story. Glad he is on leave though. He really messed up with carry guard.


    https://onlygunsandmoney.com/2020/0...nsAndMoney+(No+Lawyers+-+Only+Guns+and+Money)


    Wayne LaPierre’s Chief of Staff Joshua Powell has been placed on administrative leave. This is according to court filings in one of the lawsuits involving the NRA and Ackerman McQueen in Virginia courts.

    From the Washington Post:

    A top National Rifle Association official has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation by the nonprofit group’s lawyer, according to a recent court filing, in a sign of ongoing turmoil surrounding the nation’s largest gun group.

    The removal of Joshua L. Powell, the NRA’s chief of staff, was referenced in a Jan. 23 filing in Alexandria Circuit Court by the NRA’s former public relations agency, Ackerman McQueen. “Mr. Powell has now been placed ‘on leave’ by the NRA pending an investigation by NRA counsel,” the filing in Virginia says.

    According to the story by Beth Reinhard, the NRA has not responded to multiple requests for comment. It is also unknown whether he is on paid or unpaid leave. His last reported compensation was $919,969 according to the 2018 NRA Form 990.

    Powell also refused comment. The Post notes that he, ” removed “National Rifle Association Chief of Staff – Senior Strategist” from his Twitter bio this week.”

    Powell has had a checkered history at the NRA. He was the one responsible for rushing CarryGuard out before it was ready when he served as Director of General Operations. He has also been named in sexual harassment allegations involving an Ackerman McQueen employee. It was serious enough that AckMac told Wayne LaPierre that they refused to work with Powell anymore.

    As to why now and not earlier, that is unknown. Some have speculated he knew too much dirt and the powers that be wanted to keep him close. Powell has had a reputation according to some of looking out for himself above all else. If so, it would not have been unreasonable to suspect that he would cut a deal to save himself if it came to it.

    Eventually we may know the full story. As for today, we know he is on administrative leave and that’s that.
     

    Alea Jacta Est

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    Non profits are known to pay their leadership unprecedented salaries.

    Non profits are known to be among the most mismanaged organizations in the world.

    Non profits have very little apparent appreciation for the notion of fiduciary responsibility.

    Not all. Many.
     

    welder516

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    Is there anyplace that a NRA member can file a complaint or concerns other then the voting . I will never give one more penny to the NRA until the lavish culture ( or Vulture ) is gone .
     

    teratos

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    Is there anyplace that a NRA member can file a complaint or concerns other then the voting . I will never give one more penny to the NRA until the lavish culture ( or Vulture ) is gone .

    Im with you there.
     

    slowpoke

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    Is there anyplace that a NRA member can file a complaint or concerns other then the voting . I will never give one more penny to the NRA until the lavish culture ( or Vulture ) is gone .

    I believe they will get their sh1t together and clean house someday, but I think they will need to bottom out first. Until then, FPC, GOA, NAGR get my donations.
     

    davsco

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    y'all just keep in mind that the dems and libs are always going after 'the NRA' and blaming 'the NRA' for everything. while we've clearly heard some bad news regarding the nra, the dems hate them for a reason, so we shouldn't be abandoning ship, as that is really what the left wants, a decimated and disbanded NRA.
     

    welder516

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    y'all just keep in mind that the dems and libs are always going after 'the NRA' and blaming 'the NRA' for everything. while we've clearly heard some bad news regarding the nra, the dems hate them for a reason, so we shouldn't be abandoning ship, as that is really what the left wants, a decimated and disbanded NRA.

    WLP will still be hated as well as us and the NRA in 30.00 pair of pants . I am not funding his wardrobe any longer .
    Like others have said there are other organization's that fight the 2A cause
     

    BradyWarrior

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    y'all just keep in mind that the dems and libs are always going after 'the NRA' and blaming 'the NRA' for everything. while we've clearly heard some bad news regarding the nra, the dems hate them for a reason, so we shouldn't be abandoning ship, as that is really what the left wants, a decimated and disbanded NRA.

    ^^^This.

    WLP will still be hated as well as us and the NRA in 30.00 pair of pants . I am not funding his wardrobe any longer .
    Like others have said there are other organization's that fight the 2A cause

    ^^^And this.

    We are damned if we do, and damned if we don’t. Wayne along with the current board need to GTFO, until then not another dime.

    Wayne is paid over a million per year and had the nerve to attempt using 6 million in donations to pay for a mansion in Dallas. Unreal.
     

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