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Four Conservatives today and Jim, our good Martini is definitely not good news for a certain Republican but it's good news for Conservatives nonetheless

This is courtesy of USA Today first the The FBI served a warrant to Republican Senator Richard Burr

as part of its investigation into his sale of stocks ahead of the market crash due to the

coronavirus. The Los Angeles Times first reported that Burr, who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, had his cell phone seized on Wednesday night by federal agents at his Washington residence, citing an anonymous law enforcement official.

NBC also reported that the senator was served an FBI warrant

and that his phone was seized.

Burr's office declined to comment on the matter when reached by USA Today on Wednesday night.

But we have more news today because Burr has decided as a result of all this,

at least temporarily step aside as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

The long and very emotional statement from Mitch McConnell reads like this.

Senator Burke contacted me this morning to inform me of his decision to step aside as chairman of the Intelligence Committee during the pendency of the investigation.

We agree that this decision would be in the best interest of the committee and will be effective at the end of the day tomorrow.

End statement.

So Jim, Mitch McConnell, Pithy as always.

This is obviously not what you want to see from a Republican chairman or any chairman for that

matter, but as you look at this you see some. from a Republican chairman or any chairman for that matter.

But as you look at this, you see some reassuring signs here,

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