Outgoing NRA leader Wayne LaPierre outside the Manhattan civil courthouse where he and the gun lobby are on trial for corruption.
Outgoing NRA leader Wayne LaPierre outside the Manhattan civil courthouse where he and the gun lobby are on trial for corruption.
  • LaPierre wants permission to stop and start his upcoming testimony depending on how he's feeling.
  • Early Monday, the judge asked to see doctors' affidavits before approving such an arrangement.
  • LaPierre then watched and took notes as Oliver North testified against him all day Monday.

A dispute over NRA leader Wayne LaPierre's health spilled over into his New York corruption trial Monday, when the judge asked that his doctors provide sworn statements attesting, as his lawyers contend, that he's too ill to withstand daylong testimony.