One of the National Rifle Association's (NRA) top officials has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation by the group's lawyer.

A Jan. 23 court filing in a Virginia circuit court indicates that Joshua Powell, the NRA’s chief of staff, was "placed ‘on leave’ by the NRA pending an investigation by NRA counsel," The Washington Post reports.

The complaint was submitted by Ackerman McQueen, the group's former public relations agency. Currently, the two are locked in a heated legal battle over allegations of reckless spending and information leaks.

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Both Powell and the NRA declined the Post's request for comment and Powell deleted "National Rifle Association Chief of Staff - Senior Strategist” from his Twitter bio earlier this week.

The NRA's top brass received significant pay raises last year, with Powell's salaryJewishWorldReview.com |
Most people have experienced this phenomenon at one point or another:
a mental replaying of a catchy tune, seemingly for no reason. The
tunes that get stuck in people's heads are often advertising jingles,
television theme songs, pop songs, and children's songs.

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Studies involving functional MRI have revealed that people "hear"
internal melodies in much the same way as they hear music from a real
orchestra. In both cases, the auditory cortex  the part of the brain
that processes sounds  becomes active. When the music is playing only
inside someone's head, however, only part of the auditory cortex