{"id":29960,"date":"2020-02-02T04:17:37","date_gmt":"2020-02-02T04:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=29960"},"modified":"2020-02-02T04:18:19","modified_gmt":"2020-02-02T04:18:19","slug":"josh-powell-and-nra-have-split","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=29960","title":{"rendered":"Josh Powell And NRA Have Split"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:5216,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.washingtonpost.com\\\/investigations\\\/top-nra-official-placed-on-leave-virginia-court-filing-states\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/31\\\/7a47a552-444d-11ea-abff-5ab1ba98b405_story.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5217,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.newsweek.com\\\/josh-powell-national-rifle-association-1485257&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5218,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/SaveThe2A\\\/posts\\\/491426674902273?__xts__[0]=68.ARCtXOAAOiHNX6Mc3pJR92RUlanX_wUdb2I8SwgGS9RDZAMNKYpjiJ_fkWkaxQYC8h9mmgDDdtrznfXHkhUgxyZ-rhEhLqr1lyph0IV2TuWnStg3VF8wVUhMr9iCc8npX9oK-_E0GquuyQzBQIiqJCZc2tfztmMfVLL1Q6GfZ9HdHW72R-CExKQY_aDMukLtBhC7jAfCeSr6RJ-SMvVE3V5Jiz--J5VyEnS1S9v323aV0zmc4mOB93ts4VyPZKe7QZ2U48IbMJoeTY8nyDp5RHLFXzwRJyRFuSeVSG3dmuyXnmd7s4QKXbhJCleDA1RiYW_DXrnpnCvBoeun44dFH5s&amp;__tn__=-R&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/login\\\/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FSaveThe2A%2Fposts%2F491426674902273%3F__xts__%255B0%255D%3D68.ARCtXOAAOiHNX6Mc3pJR92RUlanX_wUdb2I8SwgGS9RDZAMNKYpjiJ_fkWkaxQYC8h9mmgDDdtrznfXHkhUgxyZ-rhEhLqr1lyph0IV2TuWnStg3VF8wVUhMr9iCc8npX9oK-_E0GquuyQzBQIiqJCZc2tfztmMfVLL1Q6GfZ9HdHW72R-CExKQY_aDMukLtBhC7jAfCeSr6RJ-SMvVE3V5Jiz--J5VyEnS1S9v323aV0zmc4mOB93ts4VyPZKe7QZ2U48IbMJoeTY8nyDp5RHLFXzwRJyRFuSeVSG3dmuyXnmd7s4QKXbhJCleDA1RiYW_DXrnpnCvBoeun44dFH5s&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>While it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/investigations\/top-nra-official-placed-on-leave-virginia-court-filing-states\/2020\/01\/31\/7a47a552-444d-11ea-abff-5ab1ba98b405_story.html\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported <\/a>yesterday that <a href=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2020\/02\/01\/nras-josh-powell-placed-on-administrative-leave.html\" class=\"rank-math-link\">Josh Powell was on administrative leave from the NRA<\/a>, it now appears that their employment relationship has been severed. The initial report was based upon <a href=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2020\/02\/01\/ackmac-court-filing-noting-josh-powells-administrative-leave.html\" class=\"rank-math-link\">court filings<\/a> by Ackerman McQueen in Alexandria Circuit Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Newsweek is reporting that an email was sent this evening to the members of the Board of Directors informing them that Powell was gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/josh-powell-national-rifle-association-1485257\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>However, according to an internal email obtained by&nbsp;<em>Newsweek<\/em>, Powell has departed the NRA entirely.<\/p><p>It was not clear whether Powell was fired or if he resigned. The NRA did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p><p>The email clarifying the nature of Powell&#8217;s departure was sent to the board of directors Saturday evening by the NRA&#8217;s general counsel John Frazer.<\/p><p>&#8220;Several directors have reported receiving media queries regarding Josh Powell and his employment status with the Association,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;For the sake of clarity, we note that Josh is no longer employed by the NRA.&#8221;<\/p><p>In noting the sensitivity of discussing personnel matters, Frazer made reference to &#8220;the assortment of pending and threatened litigation&#8221; facing the gun-rights group.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The Newsweek article also raised a question that someone asked me on Twitter this evening:  how did Ackerman McQueen know or find out that Powell had been placed on leave?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Save the Second raised some interesting questions regarding the termination of Powell&#8217;s employment with the NRA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SaveThe2A\/posts\/491426674902273?__xts__[0]=68.ARCtXOAAOiHNX6Mc3pJR92RUlanX_wUdb2I8SwgGS9RDZAMNKYpjiJ_fkWkaxQYC8h9mmgDDdtrznfXHkhUgxyZ-rhEhLqr1lyph0IV2TuWnStg3VF8wVUhMr9iCc8npX9oK-_E0GquuyQzBQIiqJCZc2tfztmMfVLL1Q6GfZ9HdHW72R-CExKQY_aDMukLtBhC7jAfCeSr6RJ-SMvVE3V5Jiz--J5VyEnS1S9v323aV0zmc4mOB93ts4VyPZKe7QZ2U48IbMJoeTY8nyDp5RHLFXzwRJyRFuSeVSG3dmuyXnmd7s4QKXbhJCleDA1RiYW_DXrnpnCvBoeun44dFH5s&amp;__tn__=-R\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook post<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> &nbsp;1. Why, specifically?<\/p><p>2. Was this a move against Wayne\u2019s wishes\/protection?<\/p><p>3. Was there an insultingly generous severance package to add insult to injury after his disastrous tenure as an overpaid executive that didn\u2019t seem to do anything right?<\/p><p>4. Will the problems he and his decisions\/appointments caused in the NRA\u2019s Education &amp; Training Division be undone ? <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Given that it will be classified as a personnel matter, I think the whys and wherefores of his termination may never be fully known. Moreover, unless either Wayne or one of his inner circle talks, we won&#8217;t know the answer to number 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We may have to wait until the Meeting of Members at the Annual Meeting in Nashville to find out if any severance package has been paid. If then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only time will tell if the problems Powell caused in Education and Training will be solved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hat Tip: Save the Second for the Newsweek article<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While it was reported yesterday that Josh Powell was on administrative leave from the NRA, it now appears that&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[133,265,1143,26,76,5032,27],"class_list":["post-29960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ackerman-mcqueen","tag-josh-powell","tag-newsweek","tag-nra","tag-save-the-second","tag-termination","tag-wayne-lapierre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29960"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29962,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29960\/revisions\/29962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}