On Feb 13, 2020, Intel Committee Chair Richard Burr sold $628K-$1.7M across 33 transactions. On Feb 7, he wrote 'the US is better prepared than ever.' On Feb 27, he privately told donors it was 'much more aggressive than anything we have seen.' FBI seized his phone; DOJ dropped charges Jan 2021.
Sen. Burr sold $1.7M in stocks after classified COVID briefing while publicly downplaying the virus
“Senator Burr received classified COVID briefings, dumped his stocks, then told the public everything was fine.”
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“Sales were based on publicly available information.”
— Sen. Burr spokesperson · Mar 2020
Source: Sen. Burr sold $1.7M in stocks after classified COVID briefing while publicly do
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