Richard Burr: Sale of Hotel & hospitality holdings (33 transactions, incl. Wyndham Hotels and Extended Stay America)

Timing or nonpublic-briefing overlap without direct jurisdiction.

Received nonpublic Feb 4 (Intelligence) and Feb 12 (HELP) briefings on the coronavirus threat.

Why this is on the ledger

On Feb 13, 2020, Burr sold $628,000–$1.72M of stock across 33 transactions — a week after a private Senate Intelligence briefing (Feb 4) and a day after a HELP Committee briefing (Feb 12) on the coronavirus, and days before the market crash. The sales skewed toward hospitality stocks the pandemic hit hardest. The DOJ opened a STOCK Act inquiry and closed it without charges in Jan 2021; the SEC also investigated. Burr stepped aside as Intelligence chair during the probe and denied wrongdoing.

Sources

• ProPublica — Burr stock sales after coronavirus briefings
• CNBC — DOJ declines to charge Burr (case closed)

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