Maine Dems hammer Collins over report of pay-to-play probe. The GOP senator calls it ‘totally false’

Maine Democrats criticized Senator Susan Collins following a ProPublica report detailing a potential FBI investigation into illegal campaign contributions. The report claims the FBI looked into Collins' knowledge of donations that led to a donor's imprisonment. Collins denied the allegations, calling the report "totally false."
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine Democrats on Wednesday assailed U.S. Sen. Susan Collins over a news report that the FBI investigated how much she knew about illegal campaign contributions that sent one of her donors to prison. The ProPublica report, published Tuesday, states that the FBI in 2024 planned to launch an investigation into Collins’...
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