Marco Rubio tapped as acting chairman of Senate Intelligence Committee
by Mike Brest
| May 18, 2020 04:26 PM
Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio will fill in as the interim chiarman of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Rubio, 48, accepted the position as the acting chair on Monday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced.
Last week, Sen. Richard Burr stepped down from his chairmanship of the committee as he faces an investigation over allegations of insider trading.
The Justice Department is looking into whether Burr, 64, improperly used information he learned through daily briefings in his role leading the committee to inform his trading decisions earlier this year. The North Carolina Republican offloaded up to $1.7 million in stocks right before the coronavirus pandemic led to a stock market plummet.
This is a breaking story and will be updated.
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