Unsealed FBI Docs Reveal a Flurry of Calls and Stock Trades by Sen. Burr in Early 2020
The documents reveal Burr had nonpublic information when he abruptly sold hundreds of thousands of dollars in stock and bought T-bills before the market tanked.
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The documents reveal Burr had nonpublic information when he abruptly sold hundreds of thousands of dollars in stock and bought T-bills before the market tanked.
Senator Burr was investigated by the FBI early on in the COVID-19 pandemic and was accused of using insider trading to make profits.
Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) avoided more than $80,000 in losses through "well-timed stock sales" during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, unsealed court documents from 2020 show.
The senator apparently bought over $1 million in Treasury securities a week before the market crashed.
Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) made more than $164,000 from well-timed trades that were executed after receiving briefings on ...