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19. Oh, but he had a full two week head start

Reply to Midnight Writer (Reply #5)

Thu Mar 19, 2020, 05:51 PM

Mar 2020

He dumped his stocks on the 13th of February, and the Fat Cat confab was on the 27th.

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Sen Burr Dumped Up to $1.6 Million of Stock After Reassuring Public About Coronavirus Preparedness [View all] kpete Mar 2020 OP

Oh, boy. Send him to jail for insider trading. mnhtnbb Mar 2020 #1

That's one of the few laws we still enforce against rich folks SCantiGOP Mar 2020 #42

rule applies only to women traladeda Mar 2020 #68

Applies to democratic Scarsdale Mar 2020 #76

Ask Martha DENVERPOPS Mar 2020 #92

Because it affects other rich people. If it only affected the poor, it wouldn't be enforced. C Moon Mar 2020 #89

But if we didn't have the rich SCantiGOP Mar 2020 #94

If ever there was.. avlbeerfan Mar 2020 #87

Spread this far and wide dalton99a Mar 2020 #2

CREW needs to find out how many other ReTHUGs sold stock malaise Mar 2020 #14

Lock him up! Lock him up! muntrv Mar 2020 #3

+1 ffr Mar 2020 #33

+2 eom LittleGirl Mar 2020 #46

Oh, that's going to buy him a whole heap of Chris Collins type trouble. OnDoutside Mar 2020 #4

Maybe it can buy him a couple of pairs of fucking socks. BKDem Mar 2020 #50

Someone should send him ones with pointy up arrows on them. OnDoutside Mar 2020 #90

And he tipped off business lobbyists in a private meeting. Midnight Writer Mar 2020 #5

Oh, but he had a full two week head start Brother Buzz Mar 2020 #19

Here's his phone number: littlemissmartypants Mar 2020 #6

Better to send it to SDNY ! OnDoutside Mar 2020 #8

I left a message on his voice mail asking for a presser littlemissmartypants Mar 2020 #11

Oh, and #ETTD OnDoutside Mar 2020 #7

We know this guy is a dirt bag NCDem47 Mar 2020 #9

He announced that he's retiring. nt littlemissmartypants Mar 2020 #12

I hope it is in a nice little cell in a cozy federal prison rurallib Mar 2020 #26

Me too. The crooked bastard has flown under the radar for too long. littlemissmartypants Mar 2020 #30

Comfortably. Sneederbunk Mar 2020 #40

His wife is loaded, so yes, he didn't need to work to start with. littlemissmartypants Mar 2020 #44

it just shady, but *brazen*! nt tblue37 Mar 2020 #64

Is there a single one of them who isn't a crook? malaise Mar 2020 #10

NO! OMGWTF Mar 2020 #28

On the R side? Tweedy Mar 2020 #55

same motherfucker barbtries Mar 2020 #13

He protected his favorite constituents with early warning. keithbvadu2 Mar 2020 #32

yes G_j Mar 2020 #48

The are a rather pernicious bunch.... paleotn Mar 2020 #53

Does that count as insider trading? Even if it doesn't, it's really sleazy. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #15

It should. Caliman73 Mar 2020 #35

I think it probably does. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #41

Barr will get right on it. Marcuse Mar 2020 #54

I'm sure he will. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #57

Smarmy bastard! StarryNite Mar 2020 #16

K&R!!! Mersky Mar 2020 #17

Like I pointed out to someone in another thread. The NC GOP Jamastiene Mar 2020 #18

To be fair, this was all public information: any sensible person would know the virus was bad greenjar_01 Mar 2020 #20

He is chairman of the Senate intelligence Committee. He had highly classified info that grantcart Mar 2020 #24

If a prosecutor can prove that he sold on the basis of insider information, fine greenjar_01 Mar 2020 #27

No that is not the test grantcart Mar 2020 #82

Well, looks like he's going with the "public news reports" defense greenjar_01 Mar 2020 #96

he sold a week before the big selloff started KayF Mar 2020 #36

I agree, but there's a case to be made that he saw the writing on the wall greenjar_01 Mar 2020 #43

May want to check stock transactions by other committee members. Sneederbunk Mar 2020 #21

i hope they look into dweller Mar 2020 #22

The entire gop is rotten to the core. spanone Mar 2020 #23

He should resign immediately kimbutgar Mar 2020 #25

Susan Collins is concerned. ooky Mar 2020 #29

All of them need to be investigated malaise Mar 2020 #31

Yes. You can bet there are more of them who did what he did. nt ooky Mar 2020 #39

Doubtful. Check her fucking accounts! MerryBlooms Mar 2020 #37

Department of Coincidences needs to look into this. gibraltar72 Mar 2020 #34

That fucker belongs in prison. kysrsoze Mar 2020 #38

...awaiting that final shot. FiveGoodMen Mar 2020 #97

The way these assholes have written the laws, he MerryBlooms Mar 2020 #45

How very swampy... Wounded Bear Mar 2020 #47

Insider trading much? lettucebe Mar 2020 #49

no repercussions. That's where we are. the question is.. how did we get here? Pillow talk Mar 2020 #51

Every time they cheated, we "looked forward" FiveGoodMen Mar 2020 #98

Prison time for these assholes. Lars39 Mar 2020 #52

K & R for visibility. PA Democrat Mar 2020 #56

but HER EMAILS!!!!!!!!!!!!!and what about Benghazi? beachbumbob Mar 2020 #58

LIHOP! GusBob Mar 2020 #59

It's time to get rid of the stock market. liberalmuse Mar 2020 #60

No doubt, the Barr Justice Department will get right on it dlk Mar 2020 #61

Is there any way to hold his feet to the fire? dem4decades Mar 2020 #62

AOC (quite rightly) has called on him to resign. nt tblue37 Mar 2020 #63

Trump's delay in acknowledging the virus Jarqui Mar 2020 #65

He is such a criminal. WhiteTara Mar 2020 #66

Republican ex-Congressman reports to prison on April 21st for insider trading. Burr needs to go too. NBachers Mar 2020 #67

Didn't Martha Stewart go to prison for much less? But she was a Democrat Kyblue1 Mar 2020 #69

getting so fed up with this nonsense . AllaN01Bear Mar 2020 #70

This message was self-deleted by its author democratisphere Mar 2020 #71

YOU SON OF A BITCH! trof Mar 2020 #72

Please tell me this is illegal. ecstatic Mar 2020 #73

Massive insider trader. Put him in prison. You know that vampire Kushner kairos12 Mar 2020 #74

So we all just put up with this? warmfeet Mar 2020 #75

Screw him...he should be held account under the rules instituted by Obama Docreed2003 Mar 2020 #77

I don't see this covered on cable news at all. Peregrine Took Mar 2020 #78

Morning Joe today said Burr was a friend, come on Joe, report on this! or r you still a Republican dem4decades Mar 2020 #79

Indict, prosecute etc. Insider trading slam dunk. DOJ? Oh DOJ? Oh yeah. Barr is boss. Done. Evolve Dammit Mar 2020 #80

Hang the bastard. Dem2theMax Mar 2020 #81

FUCKING repigs. . . BigDemVoter Mar 2020 #83

Swamp rat. zentrum Mar 2020 #84

Can he be prosecuted for insider trading? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2020 #85

Mitch will protect him McCamy Taylor Mar 2020 #86

What a strange coincidence. It's almost as though HE FLAGRANTLY ramen Mar 2020 #88

Who Was In That "VIP Group" & How Much Stock Did They Dump DallasNE Mar 2020 #91

This fucker need to be in handcuffs CanonRay Mar 2020 #93

Lock him up Gothmog Mar 2020 #95

The money pales in comparison to the public health damage from not telling US about it right away FiveGoodMen Mar 2020 #99