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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFBI probing possible illegal donations to Susan Collins PAC and congressional campaign,
The FBI has launched a probe into possible illegal campaign contributions funded by a defense company that supported Sen. Susan Collinss 2020 congressional campaign, according to a recently unsealed search warrant application.
Nothing in the warrant, reported first by Axios, indicates that Collins or her staff were aware of the allegedly illegal donations.
The FBIs search warrant application, which requested access to a hard drive, outlined reasons investigators believe the former CEO of a Hawaii defense contractor Navatek, now known as Martin Defense Group funneled donations funded by the company to a PAC supporting Collins through a shell company and donations to the Collins for Senator campaign through his family members.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/fbi-investigation-susan-collins-donations/2021/05/18/c8b951bc-b824-11eb-a6b1-81296da0339b_story.html%3foutputType=amp
Bucky
(54,094 posts)It's a shame there's not a way to completely isolate lobbying from fundraising. It's essentially legalized bribery and it's making our politics more corrupt than it needs to be
Klaralven
(7,510 posts)"If you can't eat their food, drink their booze, screw their women, take their money and then vote against them, you have no business being up here."
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