Collins Campaign Pushes Back on ProPublica's Claims of Pay-to-Play Scheme

Susan Collins' debate-stage excuses for corruption scandal dismantled by reporter

ProPublica reporter Molly Redden spent Wednesday morning taking apart the defenses Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) offered Tuesday night in her Senate debate with Democrat Troy Jackson, calling several of them inaccurate or misleading.The dispute centers on ProPublica's reporting that the FBI was investigating whether Collins and her staff took part in a bribery scheme, an inquiry that fizzled after President Donald Trump's Justice Department gutted t…

Sen. Susan Collins' campaign rebuts "pay for play" story with photo and documents

Team Collins reveals senator met with Navatek ex-CEO Martin Kao four months before he donated to her campaign

Collins campaign pushes back on ProPublica's claims of pay-to-play scheme

The campaign for Sen. Susan Collins is making a renewed effort to push back against recent reporting and PAC ads that claim she accepted a big campaign donation in 2019 as part of a pay-to-play scheme.

Susan Collins camp releases new info disputing alleged pay-to-play scheme

The campaign released documents and photos they say undermine a recent ProPublica report.

Collins Campaign Presents Evidence Undermining ProPublica Theory Fueling Chuck Schumer's Attack Ads

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins’ campaign went after the foundation of ProPublica’s “pay-to-play” story Tuesday in a Zoom call with local media, saying the senator was working to fund a University of Maine research partnership with Navatek more than a year before the defense contractor’s CEO gave her campaign a dollar. During the hour-long call, the [...]

Collins campaign claims public records show that she was not involved in bribery scheme

There are new claims regarding an alleged "pay to play" scheme involving Senator Susan Collins and her last campaign in 2020.