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Burr issued a statement Friday morning saying he relied only on public news reports to guide his decision on the Feb. 13 stock sale.

“Understanding the assumption many could make in hindsight however, I spoke this morning with the chairman of the Senate Ethics Committee and asked him to open a complete review of the matter with full transparency,” Burr said.

Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler sold $1.28 million to $3.1 million in stocks from Jan. 24 through mid-February in 29 transactions, two of which were purchases, according to The Daily Beast. The report said the sales began on the day her health committee hosted a private coronavirus briefing for senators.

Loeffler wrote overnight on Twitter that she was informed of the transactions three weeks after they occurred.

“This is a ridiculous and baseless attack. I do not make investment decisions for my portfolio. Investment decisions are made by multiple third-party advisers without my or my husband’s knowledge or involvement,” she said.

But by early Friday, critics on both ends of the political spectrum were calling on both lawmakers to consider resigning.

‘STOMACH-CHURNING’

Burr, who is in his third term, as a senator, has said he will not seek re-election in 2022. Loeffler – who was appointed to her seat by Georgia’s Republican governor, Brian Kemp, after the resignation of Johnny Isakson – is running for re-election to complete the remaining two years of Isakson’s term.