DOJ Told to Unseal More of Warrant on Sen. Burr’s Stock Trades

Prosecutors who investigated pandemic-related insider trading allegations against Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.)—but never charged him with a crime—lost their bid to keep certain portions of their search warrant materials under wraps, although a federal judge in Washington did allow limited redactions.

Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell handed a partial win Monday to the Los Angeles Times, saying centuries of legal tradition required her to unseal files that might infringe the privacy interests of Burr and his brother-in-law, who was also investigated, after Burr announced the investigation had been dropped.

The ruling comes days after the Justice Department, in an unrelated ...