Ex-NRA Executive Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Agrees to Testify in New York Civil Trial

Published on January 7, 2024

Joshua Powell, former operation director of the National Rifle Association (NRA), reached a settlement with the New York Attorney General’s Office over the civil claims of fraud. Mr. Powell was employed by the NRA between 2016 and January 2020. The lawsuit brought by Letitia James, the New York attorney general, alleged that he breached his fiduciary duties and failed to administer the charitable assets entrusted to his care by using his powers as an officer and senior executive of the NRA to covert charitable assets for the benefit of himself and his family members. Mr. Powell admitted the alleged wrongdoing and agreed to pay $100,000 to the NRA, to not serve as an officer in a nonprofit or charitable organization, and to testify against NRA at the demand of Ms. James’s office, according to the settlement....

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