ProPublica reports that on the same day that Republican Senator Richard Burr sold off much of his stock holdings ahead of a coronavirus-fueled market crash, Burr’s brother-in-law also dumped significant stock holdings. Gerald Fauth sold as much as $280,000 worth of shares on February 13 — one week before the stock market began plummeting. As chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Burr had access to privileged information about the severity of the emerging pandemic.
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