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Senator Richard Burr Warned of Coronavirus Effects in Private Meeting
- a3n 7y agoThis is vaguely like insider trading. He knew something was bad, based on privileged information he had from the government, and told a small group, who had bribed him with campaign donations, so that they could "benefit." Meanwhile, publicly, he said things weren't so bad.
- a3n 7y agoWell actually, no, it's exactly like insider trading. Literally. Senator dumped up to $1.6M of stock after reassuring public on Covid-19 (propublica.org) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22631832 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22631832