Wayne LaPierre will resign as the chief executive of the National Rifle Association, the gun-rights group <a href="https://twitter.com/NRA/status/1743345973722595441" target="_blank" class="color-link" title="https://twitter.com/NRA/status/1743345973722595441" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-ga-track="ExternalLink:https://twitter.com/NRA/status/1743345973722595441" aria-label="announced">announced</a> Friday, amid an ongoing legal dispute with New York Attorney General Letitia James, who has called for the organization to be dissolved over allegations of corruption.

<div class="image-embed__placeholder"><img src="https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/659857e0ff52918efe793f38/Wayne-LaPierre/960x0.jpg?cropX1=0&amp;cropX2=1821&amp;cropY1=3&amp;cropY2=1027" alt="Wayne LaPierre" width="100%" height="auto"></div><figcaption><fbs-accordion><p class="color-body light-text">LaPierre has served as the group’s leader since 1991.</p></fbs-accordion><small>Getty Images</small></figcaption>

 <div class="key-facts-element"> <p>LaPierre, 74, announced his resignation—effective Jan. 31—during a board meeting in Irving, Texas, on Friday and cited health reasons behind the decision, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/nra-chief-wayne-lapierre-to-step-down-e282083e?mod=breakingnews" target="_blank" class="color-link" title="https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/nra-chief-wayne-lapierre-to-step-down-e282083e?mod=breakingnews" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-ga-track="ExternalLink:https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/nra-chief-wayne-lapierre-to-step-down-e282083e?mod=breakingnews" aria-label="according">according</a> to the Wall Street Journal.</p>  </div>


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LaPierre has served as the group’s leader since 1991.
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NRA Chief Wayne LaPierre Resigns Amid Corruption Trial

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