AP
- Lawyers for the NRA and for Wayne LaPierre made opening statements in the NY civil corruption trial.
- The NRA continues to walk a fine line, praising LaPierre's "legacy" while calling itself his victim.
- The NY attorney general accuses the gun group of letting LaPierre pocket millions in donor dollars.
The National Rifle Association continued walking a fine line in fighting New York's civil corruption charges on Tuesday, praising outgoing leader Wayne LaPierre as "visionary" in opening statements while also calling themselves his victim.
"The NRA is not Wayne LaPierre," NRA attorney Sarah B. Rogers told six jurors and six alternates in a Manhattan courtroom, as the man who for 30 years was the face and strident voice of the not-for-profit listened from the front row.