and richard burr, we learned from these new documents, we learned that richard burr, the top senator on the senate intelligence committee sold $1.65 million in stock. again, this is february 13th. what we are also learning from these documents is that he calls, according to the sec, he calls his brother-in-law, gerald fall, who the next minute places a call to his broker. in the end, and sells $97,000 and $280,000 in stock. according to the sec, they're investigating whether burr sold it based on material nonpublic information. the stock act makes it illegal for senators and members of congress to sell stock based on insider information. according to the sec, that's what they're looking at. they know that obviously burr was, as you said, privy to information from classified briefings. both in the intelligence committee. this is an investigation that is still kwrpb going. according to the sec. that you are try ig to get enforcement of a subpoena to get more information about these stock trades. >> and doj also investigated this, right, evan? >> reporter: yeah. that's what's unusual. t

republican senator richard burr announced the justice department just told him he was not going to be criminally charged. back in may of last year, may 2020, the fbi had gotten a search warrant and had seized senator richard burr's cell phone. that was a huge deal. richard burr is not only a sitting senator, he was a chairman of the senate intelligence committee at the time. he had to resign from that post the day after the fbi raided him, and we soon learned what the investigation was about. a few months earlier in february of last year, february 2020, while the covid pandemic was just starting to emerge as a potentially serious threat to our country, while richard burr was serving as the intelligence committee chairman in the united states senate, he suddenly, personally, dumped his whole stock portfolio. he had a joint ira account with his wife that had like $1.7 million in it, and he liquidated all but one stock in their entire ira, $1.7 million plus, sold it all. you'll also recall there was a huge crash in the stockmarket in february and senator burr reported liquidating that st

richard burr faced scrutiny last year following conveniently timed stock sales. now, this happened as then president trump was publically down playing the virus saying things like, it is like a miracle. it will disappear. but burr who was part of the senate intelligence committee at the time appeared to see things very differently behind the scenes. in march of last year burr, quote, warned a small group of well connected constituents to prepare for dire economic and societal effects of the coronavirus. so he dumped more than $1.6 million of his own stocks. two months later, we learn that the fbi seized his cell phone as part of a possible insider trading investigation. then he was forced to resign his chairmanship. on january 19th, his justice department told burr it would not prosecute him over the stock sales. but the story doesn't end there believe it or not. propublica reported that after he sold his stocks, he called his brother-in-law and they talked for a mere 50 seconds, not a long time. the very next minute after that phone call, the brother-in-law call

. >>> the brother-in-law of north carolina senator richard burr, former senator, sold off thousands in stocks minutes after receiving a call from the senator. this was at the beginning of the pandemic. now, the s.e.c. is investigating. we'll be joined by the reporter who broke this story, next. >>> new details are emerging from an investigation into republican senator richard burr, and allegations of insider trading. >> a new filing by the securities and exchange commission reveals that burr sold more than $1.6 million in stocks just a week before the market crashed at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. after a phone call with the senator, burr's brother-in-law also sold off his stocks before the markets dropped joining us now is the reporter who broke this story for propublica. robert, thank you so much for being here. that sounds suspicious. what has your reporting revealed about that phone call? >> yeah, the way this began was last year during the beginning of the pandemic, we learned that about a week before the market crash, senator burr sold up to $1.7 million of stock. a

a senator who we will name, republican richard burr from north carolina sold a bunch of stock after he got a secret intel briefing on the coronavirus last year. has he been charged? he called his brother and his brother called his broker and sold a bunch of stock also. his brother hasn't been charged. they want the irs to look at your bank account fit has over $600 in it. washington is corrupt to the bone. the voters are getting hosed. but biden is throwing it in our face. he logged in more personal travel days than any other modern president. he spent 108 days vacationing or working from his delaware homes or camp david, more than barack obama trump and bush. all of them. the fed keeps buying the debt. the dollar gets destroyed pushing oil prices higher. the wages are eat be up by inflation and open borders. everything is made in china, -- acommunist country that just sprang a virus on us. but you can't criticize them. blatant corruption staring us in the face. are your eyes open yet? joining me, former presidential nominee, ron paul. you predicted this. you predicted the destruction

burr in north carolina. he faced scrutiny, some convenient stock. this happens as president trump downgrading the virus who said it's a miracle, it will disappear. burr appears to be seeing things differently. march of last year ", warned a small group of well constituent, dire effective of coronavirus. >> two months later, we learned the fbi seized his cell phone as a possible inside trading investigation. he was forced to resign. on january 2019, he addressed his department told burr, it would not prosecute him over the stock sales. >> on thursday, propublic ka reported after selling out his stocks. he called his brother-in-law and they talked to for a mere 50 seconds, not a long time. >>> the next minute after that phone call, the brother-in-law called his broker and quote, "$97,280,000 worth of shares in six companies, including several that were particularly hit hard in the mark swoon and economic downturn. i know what you are thinking, right? what an unbelievable coincidence? so unbelievable that it la

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you have people like senator richard burr of north carolina, senator roy blunt of missouri, and they knew that it was going to be very difficult for them to win reelection, especially if they had a tough primary which was expected. so in addition to looking at how people are running their races to get reelected, you also have to look at the people who decided to make that choice, to actually not move further right, not embrace the former president's lies about the last election. and as far as senator grassley is concerned, a source told me that he's getting a lot of blowback in iowa from his -- for his vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill. and so he has to even though he served seven terms in congress in the senate, he still has to shore up that republican, that trump base in order for him to win this election. that's why you saw him on this stage with senator -- or former president trump just this weekend. now, there is some concern from some republicans, though, because they worry that the more that the former president is in the picture, the more focussed that democrats can

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