Sen. Richard Burr and Sen. Kelly Loeffler (official portraits)
Two Republican Senators dumped stock after receiving briefings on the coronavirus crisis and before the plunge in stock prices.
Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) and Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) both revealed their actions in ethics filings.
Here's some of what people were saying about the GOP senators:
Richard Burr and Kelly Loeffler need to resign now. Period.— Michael Cohen (@Michael Cohen) 1584667190.0
Senator Loeffler and Senator Burr should be indicted, convicted, sentenced and jailed. If we sent Martha Stewart to jail for this...— Wajahat "Wears a Mask Because of a Pandemic" Ali (@Wajahat "Wears a Mask Because of a Pandemic" Ali) 1584666129.0
There are at least two separate scandals in the the Burr/Loeffler/et al. story: 1) Members _may have_ traded on in… https://t.co/8QDwaZ2xSE— Steve Vladeck (@Steve Vladeck) 1584668878.0
Senator Loeffler sold stock privately but did not publicly speak out when Trump misled the public about the serious… https://t.co/jusT6PFKs9— Renato Mariotti (@Renato Mariotti) 1584665846.0
It wasn’t just Burr ... Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler appears to have traded on the coronavirus crisis as well.… https://t.co/mYXlwo51hZ— Joy WE VOTED!! WEAR A MASK!! Reid 😷) (@Joy WE VOTED!! WEAR A MASK!! Reid 😷)) 1584665744.0
The potential insider trading is dreadful and possibly criminal, but what could elevate this to a historic scandal… https://t.co/hc4VpZSf1M— David French (@David French) 1584668272.0
Remarkably, Burr and Loeffler sat next to each other throughout the impeachment hearings, which occurred as they bo… https://t.co/IQfH02adT0— Sam Stein (@Sam Stein) 1584668431.0
Loeffler allegedly committed these corrupt and potentially criminal acts just 18 days (!) after being sworn in as a… https://t.co/AtNQwiJO51— Mehdi Hasan (@Mehdi Hasan) 1584667808.0
Senators Burr and Loeffler should be investigated by authorities and the Senate Ethics Committee. If the evidence… https://t.co/aAhZGZr4TM— Julián Castro (@Julián Castro) 1584668214.0
GOP Senators Richard Burr and Kelly Loeffler’s pre-pandemic insider trading hit a nerve of anger within me that I h… https://t.co/rgSDmLcKtr— Elise Jordan (@Elise Jordan) 1584667560.0
To be clear, Sen Loeffler not only dumped stock, illegally using non-public information (allegedly), she used the p… https://t.co/20zWwcux4D— Julia Ioffe (@Julia Ioffe) 1584667306.0
