Weekly Roundup: May 15th, 2020

Weekly Roundup: May 15th, 2020

In this week's roundup: Senator Richard Burr, Republican of North Carolina, had his cell phone seized by the FBI as they investigate his stock trades in the weeks before the coronavirus pandemic gathered steam in the U.S.

And, what will the Supreme Court say about the limits on a president's ability to forestall investigations into his conduct?

This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, Justice Department correspondent Ryan Lucas, congressional correspondent Kelsey Snell, and chief legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg.

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