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In reply to the discussion: FBI serves warrant on senator in investigation of stock sales linked to coronavirus [View all]Stuart G
(38,726 posts)...This is against the law...:
Burr sold a significant percentage of his stock portfolio in 33 different transactions on Feb. 13, just as his committee was receiving daily coronavirus briefings and a week before the stock market declined sharply. Much of the stock was invested in businesses that in subsequent weeks were hit hard by the plunging market.
Here is Burr breaking the law:
The seizure represents a significant escalation in the investigation into whether Burr violated a law preventing members of Congress from trading on insider information they have gleaned from their official work.
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I guess the FBI doesn't think Burr is above the law...
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.... I wonder what a jury will decide? (after all the facts are presented in a trial)..And there will be a trial. (I guess a conviction)..Do you think ex senator Burr will like the inside of a federal jail cell?...just asking, I know the answer.