Burr Invites Ethics Probe of Stock Sales After Virus Updates (2)

Richard Burr called for an ethics investigation into his own sale of stock, and that of three other U.S. senators, after they received sensitive briefings in late January about the emerging threat of the coronavirus.

The sales sparked concerns that the four senators put safeguarding their private finances before their duty to protect public health. Burr, a Republican from North Carolina, and Kelly Loeffler, a Republican from Georgia, both completed their sales at a time when the Trump administration and GOP leaders were downplaying the potential damage the virus might cause in the U.S. and before drastic stock-market plunges ...