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Richard Burr

Former Republican U.S. Senator from North Carolina; left the Senate in January 2023.

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Senators’ stock sales before the market fell, early 2020 Senate records showed sales by him and his wife; he said he relied on public news reports and denied wrongdoing; agents obtained a warrant for his phone and he stepped aside as intelligence chairman Scholarship & press 1 2

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Former NC Sen. Richard Burr: SEC probe into trading over with ‘no action’, Associated Press, 6 Jan 2023. Scholarship & press
Burr, a Republican who didn't seek reelection in November after three Senate terms
Burr drew significant attention because he was captured in a recording privately warning a group of influential constituents in early 2020 to prepare for economic devastation.
Burr denied trading on private information, but he stepped aside from his position as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee after the FBI obtained a search warrant to seize a cellphone.
US closes probes into 3 senators over their stock trades, Associated Press, 26 May 2020. Scholarship & press
Burr has acknowledged selling the stocks because of the coronavirus but said he relied “solely on public news reports,”
Agents showed up at his Washington-area home about two weeks ago with a warrant to search his cellphone.
Senate records show that Burr and his wife sold between roughly $600,000 and $1.7 million in more than 30 transactions in late January and mid-February
Burr has denied any wrongdoing.

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