Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) is stepping aside as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee during the investigation into stock trades he made shortly before the coronavirus market turmoil, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY): “We agreed that this decision would be in the best interests of the committee and will be effective at the end of the day tomorrow.”
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.