NRA chief of staff placed 'on leave,' court filing states👉 Joshua Powell, the NRA's chief of staff, was "placed 'on leave' by the NRA pending an investigation by NRA counsel thehill.com/homenews/state… 
Thread 1. The NRA’s advertising firm, Ackerman McQueen, which according to news accounts “has played a vital role in burnishing the image of the gun rights group since the early 1980s,” also represents a number of energy clients.
2. The firm produces television ads touting Devon Energy’s unconventional
oil technologies; billboards advertising Chesapeake Energy as “America’s Natural Gas Champion;” and long-form videos putting a positive spin on WPX Energy’s operations in North Dakota’s Bakken formation.
oil technologies; billboards advertising Chesapeake Energy as “America’s Natural Gas Champion;” and long-form videos putting a positive spin on WPX Energy’s operations in North Dakota’s Bakken formation.
3. The NRA also hired Crossroad Strategies and Ogilvy Government Relations to lobby on behalf of the NRA between 2009 and 2012—the same firms that SCI hired and that employ lobbyists who are Bush-era political appointees with experience in energy policy.
4. Source needs an update but here’s a little on Ogilvy Government Relations. 👉 a Washington DC-based lobbying firm formerly called the Federalist Group. Appears it was edited 18 days ago, redirects. sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ogil…
