GOP Sen. Marco Rubio will become the acting chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee after GOP Sen. Richard Burr stepped down from the position last week amid an FBI investigation into his stock trades, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced
Rubio will step into the role beginning on Tuesday, when the Intelligence Committee is expected to vote on advancing the nomination of GOP Rep. John Ratcliffe to be the next director of national intelligence."I am grateful to Leader McConnell for his confidence in me to lead the Senate Intelligence Committee during Senator Burr's absence from the Chairmanship," Rubio said in a statement.
The Senate Intelligence Committee is in the final stages of a three-year, bipartisan investigation into Russian election interference that has at times roiled President Donald Trump and his allies, including when Burr issued a subpoena for Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., last year.Read MoreRubio has been a supporter of the investigation and Burr's role leading it throughout the duration of the probe.
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