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Senator Richard Burr Sold D.C. Townhouse to Donor at a Rich Price

This Deep state POS is sooo dirty
[Propublica] The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Richard Burr, has come under fire in recent weeks for unloading stock holdings right before the market crashed on fears of coronavirus and for a timely sale of shares in an obscure Dutch fertilizer company.

Now the North Carolina Republican's 2017 sale of his Washington, D.C., home to a group led by a donor and powerful lobbyist who had business before Burr's committee is raising additional ethical questions.

Burr sold the small townhouse, in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, for what, by some estimates, was an above market price ‐ $900,000 ‐ to a team led by lobbyist John Green. That is tens of thousands of dollars above some estimates of the property's value by tax assessors, a real estate website and a local real estate agent. The sale was done off-market, without the home being listed for sale publicly.

Green is a longtime donor to Burr's political campaigns and has co-hosted at least one fundraiser for him. In 2017, the year of the sale, Green lobbied on behalf of a stream of clients with business before Burr's committees.

Posted by Frank G 2020-04-15 07:18|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 Burr sold the small townhouse, in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, for what, by some estimates, was an above market price ‐ $900,000 ‐ to a team led by lobbyist John Green.

I'm inclined to think that Green (the lobbyist) would get the house at a discount, as a 'reward' for all those years of ~~soft bribes~~ donations. Looks like this one went into Burr's pocket directly. He really is a piece of shit.

Posted by Raj 2020-04-15 07:59|| 2020-04-15 07:59|| Front Page Top

#2 A Republican swamp denizen.

Posted by JohnQC 2020-04-15 09:58|| 2020-04-15 09:58|| Front Page Top

#3 If you live in flyover country, $900,000 might sound like a lot of money. Dunno about real estate in DC but in San Diego it sounds like a paltry sum for a townhouse. I can imagine folks in San Francisco or Manhattan thinking it must be a cracker box located in a slum.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-04-15 13:08|| 2020-04-15 13:08|| Front Page Top

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