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By Kellie Meyer
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellie-meyer-23b58731
Republican North Carolina Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) has temporarily stepped down as chairman of the powerful Senate Intelligence Committee.
The decision came just hours after the FBI seized Burr’s mobile phone reportedly investigating whether Burr illegally used information from Senate briefings to guide his and his family’s stock sales just before the pandemic caused stocks prices to tank.
“This is a distraction to the committee and its members. I think the security of the country is too important to have a distraction,” Burr said Thursday.
Burr notified Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Thursday morning.
https://www.cbs17.com/news/north-carolina-news/no-one-is-above-the-law-lawmakers-react-after-sen-richard-burr-steps-down-as-intel-chair/
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