ProPublica reported on September 23, 2026, that the Trump administration ended an FBI investigation into whether Republican Senator Susan Collins knew about alleged bribery involving her Super PAC. Democrats in Maine accused Collins of corruption, while Collins denied the allegations as "categorically false."
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In 2019, Collins Super PAC head Scott Reed met at a D.C. coffee shop with three executives from Hawaiian defense contractor Navatek and asked them for a $500,000 contribution. The executives counter-offered—proposing an even bigger donation in return for tens of millions of dollars in federal defense contracts. They suggested obscuring the donation through a fake shell company called “the Society
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The difference between Democrats and the Corruption party: "In 2024, the FBI sought to launch a sweeping pay-to-play investigation examining interactions between Sen. Susan Collins and a top donor. The donor, an ex-defense contractor, told agents his company won millions in federal contracts by bankrolling campaigns of powerful politicians. Trump, when he came back to office, shut down the investi
What concessions did Susan Collins make to tRump before FBI dropped the probe into her pay-to-play scheme? - Jackson should start asking. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026... ProPublica has a story about an FBI investigation into Susan Collins that was dropped in 2025 by TACO’s FBI. The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way A…
FBI Eyed Susan Collins Over Defense Contractor’s Donations — ProPublica The FBI pursued a broad bribery probe into Sen. Susan Collins over Navatek donations, with Kao’s accounts detailing a pay-to-play scheme involving lawmakers. The investigation was shelved after Trump returned to office, raising new questions about influence in Washington. https://www. propublica.org/article/fbi-sus an-collins-
Susan Collins was caught up in an FBI corruption probe before Trump shut it down betchesnews.substack.com/p/susan-coll... Apparently the road to millions in Pentagon contracts runs straight through Corner Bakery.
Republican senator calls bribery allegation ‘categorically false’ as ProPublica reports Trump derailed FBI inquiry Democrats in Maine on Wednesday accused Republican senator Susan Collins of corruption after a major media outlet reported that the FBI had proposed investigating her for allegedly accepting bribes – before Donald Trump derailed the inquiry. The article from the investigative newsroom
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Maine Democrats pressed Republican Sen. Susan Collins to answer allegations in a ProPublica investigation that the FBI planned to examine whether she knew about an alleged exchange of campaign donations for federal contracts involving Navatek, a Hawaii defense contractor. ProPublica reported that the FBI planned an inquiry in 2024, but it did not proceed after President Donald Trump took office an
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way talkingpointsmemo.com/news/the-fbi... This story was originally published by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates...
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Strange how investigations are being shut down when it comes to Red states. We have this one tramp shut down, & a large fraud on the homeowners insurance in Fl, that DeSantis shut down. www.rawstory.com/susan-collin... As the scandal over Susan Collins’ relationship with Hawaii defense contractor Navatek became the central issue in her hotly contested senate campaign, she and her top aides mustere
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www.instagram.com/reel/DdouqrS... Susan Collins messed up and FBI knows 😑 our military got nothing while Susan’s buddy got millions 🤬🤬 Republican Senator SUSAN Collins was under investigation until Trump and the FBI shut it down.
www.therealsusancollins.com Susan Collins pretends to be independent. But every time it matters, Susan Collins caves to Donald Trump and sells Maine out.