FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins Until Trump Got in the Way
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- In 2024, the FBI sought to launch a pay-to-play investigation into interactions between Sen. Susan Collins and a top donor, Martin Kao.
- Kao confessed that his company, Navatek, won millions in federal contracts by bankrolling campaigns of powerful politicians.
- The investigation died after Donald Trump returned to office, as part of his purge of the FBI.
- Kao described a scheme involving shell companies, meetings with Collins and her super PAC, and promises of contracts in exchange for donations.
- Collins' office steered government contracts to Navatek while her campaign received donations from Kao and his network.
- FBI agents built evidence for a broader bribery probe but were fired or pushed out under the Trump administration.