The return of Wayne LaPierre: in 2nd NY trial, NRA's former 'king' fights for the right to resume some role at gun lobby

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The first time Wayne LaPierre was on trial in New York, he told jurors he was a very sick man and had no intention of returning to the helm of the National Rifle Association, the powerful gun lobby he led — and, the jury found, plundered — over the course of 30 years.