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FBI seizes phone of top senator in insider-trading probe
7 years agoWASHINGTON, DC - MAY 12: Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) attends a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on May 12, 2020 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony from members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force on how to safely open the country and get America back to work and school. Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP
The FBI has seized a cellphone of US Senator Richard Burr to see if he used his insider access to classified intelligence to sell stock before the coronavirus pandemic struck, according to news reports Thursday.