WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Richard Burr temporarily stepped aside as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday after the FBI served a search warrant for his cellphone as part of an investigation into a well-timed sale of stocks tied to the coronavirus pandemic. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced...
Senator Asks for Ethics Probe Into His Own Stock Sales
WASHINGTON — Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., is asking for an ethics probe in response to criticism that he sold off as much as $1.7 million in stocks just before the market dropped in February amid coronavirus fears. Senate records show that Burr and his wife sold between roughly...
Conservative Website Rocks Nunes' World. It's Time for Him to Go, Says RedState Columnist.
Rep. Devin Nunes has stopped talking to some media outlets. He barely tolerates other news organization, answering their questions while branding them "left-wing" rags. Now it appears that the Tulare Republican might have to reserve some of his venom for unabashedly conservative media sites, too. A column appeared today on...