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- GOP Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina unloaded hundreds of thousands of dollars in stocks after publicly downplaying the enormous risk of the novel coronavirus, ProPublica reported.
- According to the investigation, Burr dumped between $582,029 and $1.56 million in holdings on February 13, shortly after reassuring the public that the US was well prepared to respond to the disease.
- The US "is better prepared than ever before to face emerging public health threats, like the coronavirus, in large part due to the work of the Senate Health Committee, Congress, and the Trump Administration," Burr wrote on February 7.
- NPR also recently revealed that it had obtained a recording featuring Burr raising dire concerns about the coronavirus to members of a private Washington club.
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Republican Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina unloaded hundreds of thousands of dollars in stocks shortly after publicly downplaying the enormous risk of the novel coronavirus, ProPublica reported.
According to the investigation, Burr dumped between $582,029 and $1.56 million in holdings shortly after reassuring the public that the US was well prepared to respond to the disease.See the rest of the story at Business Insider NOW WATCH: A law professor weighs in on how Trump could beat impeachment See Also:  |