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Burr Steps Back From Senate Panel as Phone Seized in Stock Sales Inquiry

Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) participates in a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 12, 2020. Burr temporarily stepped down as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee on May 14, a day after FBI agents seized his cellphone amid an investigation into whether he sold hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of stocks using nonpublic information about the coronavirus. (Win McNamee/Pool viaThe New York Times) -- FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY --