Robert Reich Reacts to Bill Burr's Billionaire Takedown

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QZy6TmrwbCI 

Shields and Brooks on Tara Reade allegations, Burr investigation

Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s political news, including former Vice President Joe Biden’s response to an allegation of sexual assault, which U.S. officials Americans trust during the pandemic, a new proposal for more coronavirus relief and an insider trading investigation of prominent senators. https://youtu.be/344OiVEXxBQ

Sen. Richard Burr Is Not Just a Friend to the Health Care Industry. He’s Also a Stockholder.… — ProPublica

The Republican of North Carolina, who is under investigation for his stock trading, regularly flips health care stocks even as he pushes for legislation to help the industry. https://www.propublica.org/article/sen-richard-burr-is-not-just-a-friend-to-the-health-care-industry-hes-also-a-stockholder

Senator Richard Burr Sold D.C. Townhouse to Donor at a Rich Price — ProPublica

In a private transaction, Richard Burr, Republican of North Carolina, sold the townhouse to lobbyists who had business before his committees.
https://www.propublica.org/article/senator-richard-burr-sold-d-c-townhouse-to-donor-at-a-rich-price

It's morally repulsive how corporations are exploiting this crisis. Workers will suffer

Using power and privilege to exploit the weak and vulnerable in the face of a common threat is morally repugnant. Call it ‘Burring’ after Richard Burr’s stock sell-off ....
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/22/large-corporations-exploiting-coronavirus-crisis

Richard Burr Demands Assurance That Senators Working from Home Will Still Get Stock Tips | The New Yorker

Amid speculation that United States senators might soon be working remotely, Senator Richard Burr on Friday demanded guarantees that senators working from home will still have access to insider-trading tips. Speaking from the well of the Senate, an impassioned Burr, a Republican from North Carolina, said that a “system needs to be put in place—not tomorrow, not next week, but today—to insure that senators receive the insider-trading information that is both our lifeblood and our birthright.”
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/richard-burr-demands-assurance-that-senators-working-from-home-will-still-get-stock-tips

Coronavirus: Republican senators sold stocks before markets plunged on Covid-19 fears – reports

Republican senator Richard Burr faced demands to resign on Friday after it was reported that he sold off millions of dollars worth of stocks just before the market dropped amid fears of the coronavirus pandemic. Burr, of North Carolina, chairman of the Senate intelligence committee, denied he had kept the public in the dark about the scale of the threat as three other senators also came under scrutiny for selling major holdings in the same period. ...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/20/republican-senators-sold-stocks-before-markets-plunged-on-coronavirus-fears-reports

Fox host demands REPUBLICAN Senator's resignation ON AIR

https://youtu.be/j6bFnOURm6E

‘He needs to resign’: Ocasio-Cortez declares the GOP Senate Intel chairman unfit to hold public office – Raw Story

Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said the Republican chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee should resign from office. Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) reportedly dumped $1.6 million in stock after receiving private briefings on the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/he-needs-to-resign-ocasio-cortez-declares-the-gop-senate-intel-chairman-unfit-to-hold-public-office/

Sen. Richard Burr Told Private GOP Audience Three Weeks Ago That Coronavirus Would Be Dire: Secret Recording

Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) warned a private group of business executives three weeks ago that the novel coronavirus would have severe impacts on the nation, according to a secret recording obtained by NPR reporter Tim Mak. At the same time that President Trump was telling the public that the virus would probably “disappear,” Burr, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, told the members-only Tar Heel Circle in North Carolina that the virus was “probably more akin to the 1918 pandemic.”
https://thedailybeast.com/senator-richard-burr-told-private-audience-3-weeks-ago-that-coronavirus-would-be-dire-secret-recording-shows

Republicans are now openly feuding as a top GOP senator turns up the heat on Trump's family - Raw Story

North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr is taking criticism from his fellow Republicans Wednesday after multiple outlets reported that the panel he leads — the Senate Intelligence Committee — has taken off the kid glove around President Donald Trump's family. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/05/republicans-are-now-openly-feuding-as-a-top-gop-senator-turns-up-the-heat-on-trumps-family/

‘Evidence in plain sight’ of Trump collusion with Russia, Schiff says - POLITICO

He rejects statements to the contrary by Sen. Richard Burr...
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/17/trump-russia-collusion-adam-schiff-1173434

Trump’s tweet that Senate investigators found “NO EVIDENCE OF COLLUSION,” explained - Vox

Trump wants you to believe Richard Burr is the final word on Russia. He isn't. ....
https://www.vox.com/2019/2/13/18223148/trump-richard-burr-russia-collusion-explained

GOP Senate Intel chairman: No sign of Trump-Russia collusion — but case against Obama is strong - Salon

Burr said his committee is "close to pushing out the door" a report on the Obama administration's Russia response ....
https://www.salon.com/2019/02/07/gop-senate-intel-chairman-no-sign-of-trump-russia-collusion-but-case-against-obama-is-strong/

Distinguished pols of the week: Two truth-tellers - The Washington Post: Opinion

Who stood tall? ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2018/05/20/distinguished-pols-of-the-week-two-truth-tellers/

A GOP senator stands up to pressure — and rebukes the House on Russian interference - The Washington Post: Opinion

Richard Burr and the Senate Intelligence Committee restore some bipartisan integrity....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-gop-senator-stands-up-to-pressure--and-rebukes-the-house-on-russian-interference/2018/05/17/2fa067f0-59f8-11e8-b656-a5f8c2a9295d_story.html

The Senate investigation into Trump-Russia is a hot mess

About two months ago, news emerged that Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) had made calls to reporters as part of a White House-directed effort to tamp down reports about contact between Trump campaign members and Russian intelligence officials.

That news rightfully drew into question Burr’s ability to oversee an impartial investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. In late March, however, Burr and Senate Intelligence Committee held a joint news conference where they portrayed themselves as ready to work together in a bipartisan effort to get to the bottom of Trump’s Russia ties.

But on Monday, both the Daily Beast and Yahoo reported that the Senate investigation of Trump-Russia is a mess, in large part because Burr is obstructing things....
https://thinkprogress.org/senate-investigation-trump-russia-mess-dc8c708f8baa

5 Revelations from the Senate Intelligence Committee's First Public Hearing on Russia and the 2016 Elections

Led by chairman Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) and vice chairman Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), the Senate Intelligence Committee held its first public hearing Thursday on Russia's interference in the 2016 elections. Equal parts illuminating and harrowing, it offered fresh insight into the Kremlin's spy games and raised new questions about the Trump administration's possible collusion with Putin. Here are five of its more revelatory moments:...
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/5-revelations-senate-intelligence-committees-first-public-hearing-russia-and-2016

Everything We Learned Today About The Senate Intel Committee’s Russia Probe

One thing was made crystal clear in a Wednesday press briefing on the Senate Intelligence Committee’s probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election: this investigation is a very big and very serious deal.

In an hour-long appearance, committee Chair Richard Burr (R-NC) and Vice-Chair Mark Warner (D-VA) framed their probe as one of most ambitious investigative efforts ever taken on by a congressional committee.

Burr, a 22-year veteran of Capitol Hill, framed the investigation as “one of the biggest” he’s seen in his tenure in Washington, D.C. Warner concurred, saying, “When we started this, we saw the scope, what was involved, I said it was the most important thing I have ever taken on in my public life. I believe that more firmly now.”...
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/burr-warner-presser-what-we-learned-senate-intelligence-russia-probe/

Fables of the Republican obstruction: Richard Burr and Ross Douthat try — and fail — to make their blatantly partisan obstructionism sound principled

Over the weekend, North Carolina Senator Richard Burr became the latest Republican to indicate that the Senate will continue its policy of what amounts to judicial nullification by blocking any justices nominated for the Supreme Court by a Democratic president.

Speaking to a bunch of GOP volunteers at a private event, Burr promised that Merrick Garland, nominated by President Obama to fill Antonin Scalia's seat, will not get a confirmation vote even in the lame-duck congressional session after taking office in January, Burr said the following:

And if Hillary Clinton becomes president, I am going to do everything I can do to make sure four years from now, we still got an opening on the Supreme Court....
http://www.salon.com/2016/11/02/fables-of-the-republican-obstruction-richard-burr-and-ross-douthat-try-and-fail-to-make-their-blatantly-partisan-obstructionism-sound-principled/