INCHES THE YACHT IS CALLED
ILLUSIONS.
IT’S JUST CALLED ILLUSIONS.
LIKE TALKING HEADS.
IT’S 108 FEET LONG.
IT HAS A FULL STAFF.
ALSO A CHEF.
IT HAS FOUR STATEROOMS.
I THINK A STATE ROOM IN THIS
CONTEXT MEANS BEDROOM.
BUT I’M NOT SURE.
WHATEVER THEY ARE, WHATEVER
STATEROOMS ARE, ILLUSIONS HAS
FOUR OF THEM.
ILLUSIONS IS A BIG ENOUGH BOAT
THAT IT COMES WITH OTHER BOATS
AND VEHICLES THAT RIDE ON TOP OF
IT.
IT COMES WITH TWO JET SKIS AND A
16 FOOT JET BOAT.
IT’S A BOAT THAT COMES WITH A
BOAT.
I DO NOT KNOW MY WAY AROUND A
YACHT.
I DO OWN A ROW BOAT BUT I DON’T
KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT YACHTS.
I WOULD NOT KNOW THE MAKINGS OF
A GOOD STATE ROOM IF I LAYED
DOWN IN ONE FOR A NAUTICAL MAP
BUT FOR NEWS PURPOSES YOU SHOULD
KNOW THAT BOATS THAT MAKE THE
NEWS, THEY TEND TO HAVE A PAPER
TRAIL ONLINE.
SO I THINK THIS MIGHT BE THE
BOAT IN QUESTION.
THIS MIGHT BE ILLUSIONS.
WHEN YOU GOOGLE ILLUSIONS YACHT,
THIS IS THE BAD BOY THAT POPS UP
AND IT DOES HAVE THE IMBEDDED
JET SKIS AND THE JET BOAT AND
THE FANCY BEDROOMS AND ALL THE
REST OF IT.
THE REASON I WENT ON A VERY
PLEASURABLE INTERNET DEEP DIVE
FOR THIS TODAY IS THAT SOME GOOD
SHIP ILLUSIONS, SOME YACHT OF
THAT NAME HAS NOW BEEN CITED AS
EVIDENCE IN THE LONG, LONG, LONG
LIST OF ALLEGATIONS OF FRAUD AND
MULTIMILLION DOLLAR SELF-DEALING
AT THE NRA.
AT THE NATIONAL RIFLE
ASSOCIATION.
IN A LAWSUIT THAT WAS FILED
TODAY BY NEW YORK’S ATTORNEY
GENERAL LATISHA JAMES.
THE NRA AS AN ORGANIZATION IS
CHARTERED IN NEW YORK.
IT’S BEEN CHATTERED IN NEW YORK
FOR WELL OVER 100 YEARS.
AS A NEW YORK INSTITUTION, AS A
NEW YORK CHARITABLE INSTITUTION,
IT HAS TO FOLLOW THE RULES AND
LAWS FOR NON-PROFITS OPERATING
IN NEW YORK.
AND ACCORDING TO THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL’S LAWSUIT, THE LONG TIME
PRESIDENT OF THE NRA OFTEN
STAYED ON THE ILLUSIONS YACHT
WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT.
THOSE TRIPS WERE A PRESENT FROM
ONE OF THE NRA’S VENDORS WITH
MR. LAPIERRE GETTING TO USE THE
CHEF AND JET SKIS AND PRESUMABLY
ALL FOUR STATE ROOMS FOR FREE.
WHAT HE DIGIT DO WAS DISCLOSE
HIS ACCEPTANCE OF THIS VERY,
VERY EXPENSIVE GIFT ON THE NRA’S
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES AND THAT
IS SOMETHING THAT IS REQUIRED BY
NEW YORK STATE LAW.
FROM THE LAWSUIT, IN HIS
TESTIMONY TO THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL HE SAID THAT THE REASON
HE FAILED TO DISCLOSE THE USE OF
THE YACHT WAS FOR SECURITY
REASONS AND BECAUSE HE
CONSIDERED THE YACHT TO HAVE
BEEN USED FOR A LEGITIMATE
BUSINESS PURPOSE.
BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE.
ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK
ATTORNEY GENERAL, HE SPENT
$500,000 OF THE NRA’S MONEY.
THAT’S NRA DONORS, NRA MEMBERS
PROVIDING MONEY TO THE NRA FOR
ITS PURPOSE AS A NON-PROFIT.
INSTEAD HE IS TAKING A HALF
MILLION DOLLARS OF THAT MONEY TO
SPEND SPECIFICALLY ON PRIVATE
AIRPLANE FLIGHTS TO THE BAHAMAS
AND BACK FOR HIS FAMILY AT LEAST
8 TIMES OVER JUST THE LAST THREE
YEARS.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS HE
SPENT MORE THAN $13 MILLION OF
THE NRA’S MONEY ON A PRIVATE
TRAVEL CONSULTANT ARRANGING
ADDITIONAL PRIVATE FLIGHTS AND
LUXURY CARS FOR HIM AND HIS
FAMILY OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS.
THERE WAS ALSO AT LEAST ONE
AFRICAN SAFARI FOR HIM AND HIS
WIFE WHICH THEY IMPROPERLY
ACCEPTED FROM ANOTHER VENDOR.
THEY TICK OFF LOTS OF FANCY
CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR LAPIERRE’S
FRIENDS AND FAMILIES AND A
$12,000 HOTEL BILL AT THE FOUR
SEASONS.
NOT FOR HIM BUT FOR HIS FLEECE.
OVER THE COURSE OF FOUR YEARS
THE LAWSUIT ALLEGES HE WAS
REIMBURSED FOR MORE THAN A
MILLION DOLLARS OF PERSONAL
EXPENSES STRAIGHT OUT OF THE
NRA’S COFFERS.
YOUR UNCLE WITH HIS NRA STICKER
ON HIS CAR THAT SHOWS HE IS AN
NRA MEMBER HAS BEEN LIKE PUTTING
WAYNE LAPIERRE’S NIECE UP IN THE
FOUR SEASON AND FLYING HIM AND
HIS FAMILY BACK AND FORTH TO THE
BAHAMAS.
THAT’S WHAT THAT MEMBERSHIP
MONEY HAS BEEN GOING TO.
THE LAWSUIT FILED IS OVER 150
PAGES.
THE NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL
SETS OUT IN FAIRLY STUNNING
DETAIL HER CASE FOR HOW THE
PRESIDENT OF THE NRA AND SEVERAL
OF HIS TOP LIEUTENANTS DRAINED
MORE THAN $64 MILLION OUT OF THE