BREAKING NEWS: Richard Burr steps down as chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee after FBI raided his home and seized his cellphone in insider trading probe Senator Richard Burr stepped aside as chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee Thursday after the FBI raided him home and seized his cell phone The North Carolina senator surrendered his phone to federal agents after they served a search warrant on the lawmaker at his Washington home Burr, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, sold a large percentage of his stock portfolio in February shortly before the market slumped Justice Department are investigating whether Burr violated a law that prevents members of Congress from trading on insider information Across 33 different transactions on February 13, Burr sold off between $628,000 and $1.72 million of his holdings, following coronavirus briefings https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...e-Intelligence-Committee-FBI-raided-home.html
So if he goes down and is removed from his position of senator, the Democratic Governor of NC can appoint a Democrat in his place?
Sounds to me more like a reasonable measure to prevent dirty work by a governor of the opposite party who could otherwise select someone with the IQ of an eggplant from his opposing party to fulfill the term. Then again, these days finding three North Carolinian Republican candidates with an IQ greater than an eggplant is no easy task.
