Sen. Burr Should Explain Stock Sales Made After Virus Briefings: Senator

Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), left, and Acting Deputy Homeland Security Secretary Ken Cuccinelli walk to a briefing from administration officials on the CCP virus, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 25, 2020. Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) should give an explanation for the stock sales he made shortly after receiving closed-door briefings on the threat of the CCP virus, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.). said on Wednesday.

Tillis is running for re-election in the same state that Burr helps represent. He said he has not spoken with Burr about what happened but suspects the Department of Justice is probing his colleague.