FBI recently obtained iCloud data access from Apple for Senator Richard Burr, as part of an on-going investigation regarding stock sales.
Richard Burr is under investigation for selling his stock portfolio while he was receiving updates from government health officials regarding coronavirus pandemic. The timing of his stock sales preceded the sharp decline in the stock market, just a week later. He had heavily invested in businesses that suffered the most due to the pandemic.
[...] Burr sold between $628,000 and $1.72 million worth of stocks. He was not the only senator to do so, as a few others are also under investigation. His brother in law also sold his shares worth between $97,000 and $280,000, on the same day as Burr's sell-off.
It is against the law for lawmakers to make trading decisions based on classified intelligence briefings that they receive due to their position in the government.
Also at 9to5Mac.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 19 2020, @04:31PM
I find it interesting that they aren't saying whether Senator Burr is a Democrat or a Republican.
Regardless, of your political affiliation, take a second to think of what your reaction would be if he was a "dirty Democrat" or a "dirty Republican." Is it different? If so, why is that? Is it okay if one side does it and not the other? Is it "emblematic of systemic corruption" if one side does it, and a "bad apple" if the other?
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Anyway, if you care, he is a Republican [wikipedia.org]