Fri
Jan 7 2022
05:04 pm
By: Mark Harmon
On Jan. 6th, here is what our congressman chose to tweet:
Two matters of ethics:
1) ignoring this important anniversary
2) giving financial advice, considering his pre-pandemic stock dump. From the Tennesseean (May 26, 2020):
Burchett reported just one transaction – selling between $1,000 and $15,000 in stock of Denny’s, the breakfast restaurant, on Feb. 12.
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