ProPublica reported on Thursday that Sen. Richard Burr (R., N.C.), the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, sold a large number of stocks before the market dropped. The timing could have been coincidental, but it sure looks as if the Senator knew that the coronavirus would affect the markets and wanted to cash out. Another Republican senator, Kelly Loeffler from Georgia, also sold significant stock holdings immediately after senators had a private meeting to discuss the coronavirus. As with Burr, it may be a coincidence, but it smells terrible. According to a Thursday Pro Publica report, Soon after he offered public assurances that the government was ready to battle the coronavirus, the powerful chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Richard Burr, sold off a significant percentage of his stocks, unloading between $628,000 and $1.72 million of his holdings on Feb. 13 in 33 separate transactions. As the head of the intelligence committee, Burr,...(Read Full Post)