The National Rifle Association board of directors unanimously reelected Wayne LaPierre as its chief executive officer.
LaPierre was re-appointed Monday after a weekend of barb-trading between LaPierre and the group's president, Oliver North, over allegations that LaPierre engaged in self-dealing as the organization's leader. New York Attorney General Letitia James is investigating the NRA's nonprofit status after The New Yorker reported the allegations against LaPierre.
North was replaced Monday by Carolyn D. Meadows, who had served as the second vice president of the NRA and as vice president of the NRA Foundation board of trustees.
The vote was held at the NRA annual meeting in Indiana. It was reported earlier by American Rifleman, a publication operated by the NRA.
James, a Democrat and a vocal supporter of gun safety laws, said her office issued subpoenas to the NRA as part of a probe into the organization's nonprofit status. James, who took office in January, had promised during her campaign to investigate the NRA. In an interview with Ebony magazine, she called the group "a terrorist organization."
