U.S. Senator Richard Burr is stepping down as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee amid an FBI investigation of his stock trades before the downturn sparked by the coronavirus pandemic
Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Burr contacted him on Thursday morning to inform of his decision to step aside temporarily during the investigation.
He told reporters at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday he decided to step aside because he did not want the investigation to distract the intelligence committee from its work.Known for bipartisanship, the Senate panel is about to release an extensive report led by Burr on Russia’s involvement in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. U.S. intelligence determined that Moscow sought to meddle in the campaign to boost the Trump candidacy.
Trump said he did not know anything about Burr’s decision and had not discussed Burr’s situation with anyone at the Department of Justice.The Democratic Party in Burr’s home state of North Carolina said he should resign from the Senate. Burr, 64, had already said he would not run for a fourth six-year Senate term in 2022.
The Intelligence Committee chairmanship is one of the most important positions in the Senate, approving the president’s nominees to lead the country’s spy agencies and conducting oversight of their operations.
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