The National Rifle Association’s CEO Wayne LaPierre has accused its president Oliver North, of trying to extort him into resigning.
LaPierre told NRA board members that North had called him to say that Ackerman McQueen, one of the gun rights organization’s vendors, was going to send a letter that would be “bad for me” unless he quit.
LaPierre accused North of having “contractual and financial loyalties” to Ackerman McQueen, the longtime public relations firm for the NRA which the association filed a suit against this month.
The New York Times confirmed they reviewed documents showing that North had asked LaPierre to resign as the leader of the NRA.
LaPierre said in the letter he would “not back down” because of an attempt to intimidate him with a “backroom retirement deal” by North.
In March, the NRA sent a letter to all its members signed by LaPierre stating it could shut down “very soon” if “unprecedented” attacks against it succeed.
The Washington Examiner has reached out to North for comment on the story.
