Collins rips report on pay-for-play allegations: 'Partisan hit job'

Senator Susan Collins of Maine dismissed a report about an FBI investigation into an alleged pay-to-play scheme as a "partisan hit job." Collins questioned the credibility of the informant involved, citing their previous criminal convictions. She characterized the allegations as offensive.
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) ripped a recent report about an FBI inquiry into an alleged pay-to-play scheme as a "partisan hit job" and "offensive." "I do not understand how anyone would take the word of a felon who's been convicted twice — twice — two separate cases of five counts of money laundering, counts of...
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