Posted on 05/14/2020 10:18:29 AM PDT by EyesOfTX
As Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee over the past three years, North Carolina RINO Senator Richard Burr coordinated efforts with the ranking minority member, Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, to run interference for the coup cabal’s efforts within the DOJ and FBI to take down the duly-elected President, Donald Trump. Today, he might be regretting his seditious actions.
Last night, Burr was repaid for his troubles by the FBI with a raid on his home in a search for evidence related to allegations that he traded a huge amount of stocks in February based on insider information about the extent of the Wuhan Virus problem in the U.S. Burr was also forced to turn over his telephone in the process of the FBI raid.
VDO.AI From a report in today’s Daily Caller:
The FBI seized Republican North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr’s cell phone Wednesday night after serving a search warrant as part of an investigation into whether the Republican made illegal stock trades based on insider information about the coronavirus pandemic, a law enforcement official told The Los Angeles Times.
The Times reported that FBI agents served the warrant on Burr at his home in the Washington, D.C. area. Burr turned over his phone to investigators, according to the newspaper.
Burr, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, made public statements after receiving those briefings suggesting that the federal government would handle the coronavirus pandemic well. The stock market and U.S. economy went into free fall during the pandemic as federal and state authorities have imposed regulations limiting business activity. (RELATED: Rep. Gaetz: Burr Is A ‘Disgrace’ And Should Be ‘Removed’ As Senate Intel Chairman)
Burr has denied wrongdoing and volunteered to provide information to the Senate Ethics Committee for a review of his stock trades. He said in a statement on March 20 that he made the stock sales based on information he saw in public news reports.
CNN reported on March 29 that the Justice Department was investigating Burr’s stock transactions in coordination with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The report said that the FBI had been in contact with Burr.
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At the time Burr’s stock trades became public news, he gave the lame excuse that he made the trades himself based on having watched a show on CNBC. At the same time, trades made by Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler and Democrat Sen. from China Dianne Feinstein also became public, but those two senators had had the foresight to place their stockholdings in a blind trust, and thus had third party brokers handling their stock transactions.
So, Burr is being singled out here, but for once there doesn’t seem to be any partisan motivation behind it. He’s just not very bright.
Other than what little support he might receive from his many fellow RINOs in the Senate, Burr will find himself a man alone in this fight. Given that RINOs are as a class the most cowardly bunch of hacks in Washington, he probably won’t receive any support from his “friends,” either.
One thing is certain: Few if any supporters of President Trump will waste even a minute of time worrying about his well-being. Florida Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz, a stauch Trump supporter, made this clear in an interview with Tucker Carlson, during which he said this:
“Richard Burr is a disgrace. He should be removed as the intelligence chairman immediately as a result of this conduct and as Republicans in the Trump era, we have an obligation to say we do not want corrupt acts to be associated with our tribe,” Gaetz insisted.
“And Republicans need to start stepping up and speaking out because what Richard Burr did in the Senate stock sell-off is not something that we want our brand associated with.”
Exactly.
That is all.
Is there any good GOP candidates in North Carolina that can primary that loathsome Burr?
How many others have done and do the same thing every day? Mindless. And we pay their salaries.
I totally loathe Burr as a RINO but would his phone have been taken were he a demoncrat?
“Burr was repaid for his troubles by the FBI with a raid on his home in a search for evidence related to allegations that he traded a huge amount of stocks in February based on insider information about the extent of the Wuhan Virus problem in the U.S. Burr was also forced to turn over his telephone in the process of the FBI raid. “
Nice to see that asshole FINALLY being called to account. But even so, anyone who did not see what was going to happen here by mid-Feb. was really out to lunch!
I think he decided not to run again. No one liked him saved for deepstate and that can only take you so far even for a RINO
Primary for a 2022 election?
Who will replace him on the intelligence committee?
Burr is nothing but Warner’s stupid B*TCH! He’l get what he deserves, but I also want Feinstein, Loeffler and Alexander to be investigated by the FIBBERS!
He;ll probably hand over the keys to WARNER who actually DID try to coordinate with Russians!! I believe there were e-mails.
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Everyone knows Mark Warner is the Chair of that Committee.
Richard Burr also sold a house to a Lobbyist that lobbies his Committee without ever putting the house on the market. Of course, he got 100k more than the value of the house.
Mark Warner runs that Committee.
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I have no issue with Burr getting the screws put to him, he deserves everything bad that comes his way.
I hope he is the first of many other Senators and Congressmen who get investigated and run out of office.
Dianne Feinstein sold a bunch of stock as well, it would be run to see that old bag put on the spot...
Evidently in Burr’s case, the FBI subpoenaed Apple and got access to his I-Cloud account and evidently found something which led them to this raid and seizure of his phone.
how about the 2 democrats who did the same thing? Did the FBI arrive at their homes and seize their phones too?
As deserving as Burr may be of punishment here, don’t mistake it as a good thing for Trump or GOP election prospects in 2020. It will become part of picture of “corruption and incompetence” that dems will try to push as a narrative of the coronavirus response.
He’s probably not going to face any legal problems over “insider trading,” since that involves trading individual securities based on inside knowledge about particular companies.
I thought (really!) that Congress was not subject to this. "Insider trading" is a corporate officer thing for the business community, right?
Is this just an excuse? Is Burr out for other reasons that they don't want to say?
Exactly. I bet his friends in the NY Times or Washington ComPost aren't going to rush to his defense.
Being a RINO is so stupid, because you alienate your base and you'll never win over the leftist jackasses anyway.
Bingo.
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