Trump met with NRA head about 'political survival' amid impeachment inquiry: NYT
President Donald Trump met with the chief executive of the National Rifle Association on Friday to discuss his political future ― on the same day a Senate committee report was released that accuses the NRA of being a “foreign asset” to Russia, according to a new report.
Mr. LaPierre has been a leader in an aggressive campaign by gun rights advocates to influence the White House in the months since the back-to-back mass shootings in Texas and Ohio. In a series of calls and meetings, he has tried to move Mr. Trump away from proposing any sort of background check measures that he said after the mass shootings he might support.
The NRA released a statement Friday evening denying “any discussion occurred about special arrangements pertaining to the NRA’s support of the President and vice versa.” The NRA has foundered over the past year amid legal battles, infighting and board member resignations. What’s more, the NRA has been served subpoenas demanding financial records by the attorneys general of both Washington, D.C., and New York that could threaten the gun group’s tax-exempt status.
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