National Rifle Association President Oliver North said Saturday that he won’t serve a second term as the leader of the gun-rights group.
The resignation appears to be the culmination of an internal power struggle among the leadership that has recently engulfed the group, which reached a crescendo on Friday when the NRA’s executive vice president Wayne LaPierre, the effective public face of the organization, accused North of pressuring him to resign.
In a letter read out by a board member Saturday, North said: “Please know I hoped to be with you today as NRA president endorsed for reelection. I’m now informed that that will not happen.â€
He said that the NRA should form a committee to probe the group’s finances, adding that it represents a “clear crisis†that “needs to be dealt with†if the organization wants to remain a viable organization.
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The Daily Beast reported Saturday that the organization had also suspended its top lawyer, Steve Hart, although it was not immediately clear why. Meanwhile, NPR reported that the organization's membership opposed an executive session of the meeting and a secret session without the media present.
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