Ex-Senator Burr Says SEC Won’t Take Action on His Stock Trades

The US Securities and Exchange Commission ended its investigation into stock trades that former US Senator Richard Burr made in the weeks before the coronavirus pandemic, he said in a Friday statement.

The regulator won’t take action against the Republican from North Carolina, according to the statement.

Burr, 67, said he was “glad to have this matter in the rear-view mirror” as he retires from the Senate. Burr’s third and final term ended on Jan. 3, and he was succeeded by Republican Ted Budd.

The SEC declined to comment. The Justice Department closed a criminal inquiry into the trades ...