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Susan Collins built her brand on being “reasonable,”…"
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Susan Collins built her brand on being “reasonable,” “moderate,” and very, very concerned. Now she’s facing explosive new questions over whether campaign money and defense contracts were moving a little too comfortably in the same circles.
A ProPublica investigation reported that the FBI had been examining Collins’ ties to Navatek, a defense contractor whose former CEO, Martin Kao, was convicted in an illegal campaign contribution scheme. Kao reportedly told investigators that donations to Collins’ campaign and a pro-Collins super PAC were part of a pay-to-play arrangement tied to Navy contracts. According to the report, Collins had helped Navatek secure an $8 million Navy research contract in Maine, and FBI agents later looked at whether her office pushed for more contracts after money flowed through donors and a shell company.Collins denies wrongdoing and says the contracts were awarded on merit. But for a senator who has spent years presenting herself as above the worst of Washington, the details are brutal: defense money, campaign cash, shell companies, and an anti-corruption probe that reportedly stalled after Trump returned to office.For someone always “concerned,” Susan Collins sure has a lot of people concerned about her.