ProPublica Says FBI Dropped Collins Ally Inquiry After Trump Cut Anti-Corruption Units
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Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 23
ProPublica Says FBI Dropped Collins Ally Inquiry After Trump Cut Anti-Corruption Units
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 23
Summary
ProPublica reported Tuesday that an FBI public-corruption inquiry involving a close ally of Sen. Susan Collins died after the Trump administration gutted the bureau’s anti-corruption units.
The inquiry examined Collins’s dealings with defense contractor Navatek and a $150,000 donation to a super PAC allied with her, according to the report.
Collins’s spokesperson called allegations that her campaign tried to evade campaign-finance rules “categorically false,” while Democratic challenger Troy Jackson labeled them “corruption of the highest order” and demanded answers.
The report lands with six weeks left in Maine’s closely watched Senate race, where recent polls cited in the story show Jackson holding a very slim lead over Collins.