Our research has determined the person previously mentioned in a post as being deceased is Christopher A. Conte. Born October 16, 1960, and died August 28, 2021. It is with a… – CCDL (Connecticut Citizens Defense League) | Facebook
Jim Baker was head of the NRA’s ILA (Institute of Legislative Action) and ultimately responsible for the hiring of Conte. Conte funneled work to an outside attorney by the name of Charles “Chuck” Michel of the law firm, Michel & Associates to legislate 2nd Amendment cases. Michel & Associates, P.C. (michellawyers.com) Unfortunately, the association between Michel and Conte allowed Michel to double bill the NRA with Conte’s approval. In return, Conte received a kickback!
After Chris Cox and David Lehman (former Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel of ILA) left the NRA, Conte was fired in 2020 by his supervisor. On that very same day, Conte called John Frazer (NRA General Counsel) and stated that if he was not immediately rehired, he would go to the media and destroy the NRA overnight.
On the same day Conte was hired at almost $400,000 a year with the understanding that he would NOT be assigned any work. However, he was given an office, but rarely occupied it, and “worked” from home. Conti was paid this exorbitant amount of money until the day he died!

One should ask Mr. Hamlin and General Counsel to refer Frazer to the Ethics board committee for this malfeasance. What could possibly be wrong with that referral is that Charles Cotton is chairman of the Ethics Committee and would likely result in no action!

Finally, provide complete financials to board members to allow them to perform their fiduciary responsibility and oversight.

The fact that the Special Litigation Committee’s four board members are the only ones privy to legal expenses is problematic.