A Crisis at the N.R.A.

<p>A bitter power struggle has broken out inside the nation’s pre-eminent gun rights group. We look at how the mere threat of a financial investigation plunged the National Rifle Association into crisis. Guest: Danny Hakim, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, spoke with us from the N.R.A.’s annual convention in Indianapolis. For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/thedaily" target="_blank">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. </p><p>Background reading:</p><ul><li>Wayne LaPierre was<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/29/us/nra-wayne-lapierre-oliver-north.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> unanimously re-elected as chief executive of the N.R.A. </a>after infighting with Oliver L. North, who was replaced as the group’s president.</li><li>The N.R.A. is facing a number of challenges, including the New York attorney general’s<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/27/us/oliver-north-nra.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> investigation into the group’s tax-exempt status</a> and the<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/16/us/politics/nra-gun-control-fund-raising.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> new financial strength of the gun control movement</a>.</li></ul>