NRA Paid Ex-CFO $30,000 a Month for Consulting After He Retired

The National Rifle Association’s longtime chief financial officer told a New York jury he was paid $30,000 a month after his retirement for consulting services to the gun-rights group, which the state alleges had squandered millions of dollars in donated cash.

Woody Phillips, the NRA’s CFO from 1992 to 2018, testified Friday that the five-year consulting contract he signed required him to coordinate with former colleagues on relationships with major donors, though he said there were months when he rarely spoke to his successor or Chief Executive Officer Wayne LaPierre.

Phillips and LaPierre are among four defendants in ...