Burr to step down from Senate Intel panel amid stock sale probe

The Hill: Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) is stepping aside as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee amid an investigation into his stock sales from earlier this year shortly before markets crashed.

“Senator Burr contacted me this morning to inform me of his decision to step aside as Chairman of the Intelligence Committee during the pendency of the investigation," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said in a statement Thursday.

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