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mleus
05-14-2020, 06:20 AM
FBI serves warrant on senator in investigation of stock sales linked to coronavirus - Los Angeles Times (https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-05-13/fbi-serves-warrant-on-senator-stock-investigation)

Senator Burr sold off stocks just before the coronavirus Under the STOCK act, lawmakers are required to disclose their stock market activity but are still allowed to own stock, even in industries they might oversee.
The law passed the Senate in 2012 in a 96-3 vote. Among the three senators to oppose the bill was Burr.

What a surprise. So Senator Burr, now under investigation for insider stock trading, voted against the very measure that mandated oversight of Congressmen's stock activity?