Newspaper Seeks to Unseal Warrant for Burr’s Phone

“The Los Angeles Times has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to unseal the warrant that authorized federal authorities to search Sen. Richard Burr’s (R-NC) cellphone as part of the FBI investigation into stock trades just as the coronavirus pandemic began to surge across the country,” the Los Angeles Times reports

“The lawsuit, which was filed Feb. 24 but became public late Tuesday, seeks to have a federal judge make public the warrant, supporting affidavits and related materials connected to the search of the North Carolina senator’s phone.”