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794			Collins&#8217; team was questioned by federal agents after the 2020 election. An aide said any allegations of corruption are &#8216;categorically false.&#8217;		</div>
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934ollaborate with Navatek. Photo courtesy of Sen. Susan Collins&#039; office&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1565111941&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.25&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="Navatek 1 (1)" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;Navatek Vice President Dave Kring, Navatek CEO Martin Kao, Sen. Susan Collins, Front Street President JB Turner and Maggie Craig, Navatek deputy director of operations for Portland, from left, at the 2020 announcement of an $8 million Navy contract in which Front Street would collaborate with Navatek. Photo courtesy of Sen. Susan Collins&amp;#8217; office&lt;/p&gt;
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936" data-large-file="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Navatek-1-1.jpg?w=780" />			<figcaption><span>From left: Navatek Vice President Dave Kring, Navatek CEO Martin Kao, Sen. Susan Collins, Front Street President JB Turner and Maggie Craig, Navatek deputy director of operations for Portland, at the Aug. 6, 2019, announcement of an $8 million Navy contract in which Front Street collaborated with Navatek. </span></figcaption>
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953		<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A bombshell <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2026/09/22/the-fbi-anti-corruption-squad-was-circling-susan-collins-until-trump-got-in-the-way/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">report from ProPublica published Tuesday</a> detailed new records in an alleged bribery scheme involving Susan Collins’ campaign donors and millions of dollars’ in federal contracts.</p>
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957<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The FBI probed Collins’ campaign finances between 2020 and 2025, the national investigative outlet <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2026/09/22/the-fbi-anti-corruption-squad-was-circling-susan-collins-until-trump-got-in-the-way/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">reported.</a> Martin Kao, a contractor who became close to Collins’ orbit, was asked to chip in tens of thousands of dollars to support Collins’ 2020 reelection, the report states, including at least one instance in which he used a shell company to subvert campaign finance laws.</p>
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961<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In exchange, Kao claimed the senior Republican senator steered tens of millions of dollars in defense contracts toward his company through her role on the Senate appropriations committee.</p>
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965<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Collins’ office has adamantly denied allegations of wrongdoing. Annie Clark, Collins’ deputy chief of staff, said the campaign “was never the target of the FBI investigation,” and that the senator’s team fully cooperated 
965with the bureau’s inquiries.</p>
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979				<a class="mtm-related-link__link" href="https://www.pressherald.com/2026/09/22/the-fbi-anti-corruption-squad-was-circling-susan-collins-until-trump-got-in-the-way/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> The FBI anti-corruption squad was circling Susan Collins — until Trump got in the way</a>			</div>
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986<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“This issue was also the subject of press stories in the <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2020/10/01/hawaiian-defense-contractor-with-maine-offices-charged-with-bank-fraud/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">fall of 2020,</a>” she said in a statement. “We find it more than a mere coincidence that it is resurfacing again at almost exactly the same time.”</p>
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990<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Like in 2020, Collins is up for reelection this November.</p><div class="ad-injection"><span class="before-injected-ad ad-notice">Advertisement</span><div id="adslot1" class="injectable-ad-slot opscoad-adPosition1" data-unit="/6119/pressherald.com/news" data-ad-index="1" style="display: block; margin:0 auto; text-align:center; width:100%;"></div></div>
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994<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The ProPublica story, Clark noted, leans heavily on allegations made by Kao, the former CEO of Navatek. He pleaded guilty to charges involving money laundering and bank fraud, and is currently in federal prison. The ProPublica story notes that Kao has a <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2026/09/22/the-fbi-anti-corruption-squad-was-circling-susan-collins-until-trump-got-in-the-way/#:~:text=Kao%20also,him" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">history of lying</a> and exaggerating.</p>
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998<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“As Martin Kao was awaiting sentencing, he began making outlandish charges about the Collins office, deflecting blame from himself and placing it on Senator Collins,” Clark said in a statement. “These issues were resolved in 2021, and the FBI has not contacted us about Martin Kao since then.”</p>
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1002<p class="wp-block-paragraph">ProPublica said it was able to independently corroborate many of Kao’s claims. The story cites internal communications about Collins from within Navatek, the defense contractor that secured millions in federal contracts — as well as emails about Navatek sent by a U.S. Navy official.</p>
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1006<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The outlet said its story on Collins’ campaign finances was the first in an upcoming series on allegations of Congressional corruption. Here are the main takeaways for Maine:</p>
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1010<h2 class="wp-block-heading">1. The ProPublica report detailed a lingering investigation</h2>
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1014<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Federal investigators first began inquiring about connections between the federal contracts Collins championed and the campaign donations she collected during and after her 2020 reelection bid.</p>
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1018<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Kao, then the CEO of Hawaii-based Navatek, told the FBI he first tried to schedule a meeting with Collins in 2018. But she would not meet with him <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2026/09/22/the-fbi-anti-corruption-squad-was-circling-susan-collins-until-trump-got-in-the-way/#:~:text=Collins%20would%20not,support" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">unless he agreed to donate</a> to her campaign, he told law enforcement agents, according to ProPublica.</p><div class="ad-injection"><span class="before-injected-ad ad-notice">Advertisement</span><div id="adslot2" class="injectable-ad-slot opscoad-adPosition2" data-unit="/6119/pressherald.com/news" data-ad-index="2" style="display: block; margin:0 auto; text-align:center; width:100%;"></div></div>
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1022<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In late 2019, Kao said he sat down with the head of a pro-Collins super PAC at a bakery in Washington, D.C. Navatek was looking to secure millions of dollars in federal contracts, which Kao felt Collins could help facilitate as a senior member of the Senate appropriations committee.</p>
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1026<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Scott Reed, the head of a pro-Collins super PAC, promised the senator could get Navatek $32 million in naval contracts if Kao donated $500,000 to the campaign, Kao eventually claimed. He admitted he used a shell company to send the super PAC $150,000 shortly after.</p>
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1030<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Two months later, Kao wrote an email to executives at his company that Collins had committed to netting the company the $32 million in contracts, ProPublica reported, citing an internal Navatek email.</p>
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1034<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Clark, Collins’ deputy chief of staff, noted that<strong> </strong>contracts are awarded by individual federal agencies, not senators: “(Collins) does not ‘steer’ contracts to entities,” she said. “She advocates for them on their merits.”</p>
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1038<p class="wp-block-paragraph">ProPublica’s story reported that Navy officials <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2026/09/22/the-fbi-anti-corruption-squad-was-circling-susan-collins-until-trump-got-in-the-way/#:~:text=Once%20the%20budget,sense" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">were pushed by legislators and higher-ups</a> to select specific companies, like Navatek, for certain contracts.</p>
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1042<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A grand jury indicted Kao in 2022 for making illegal campaign donations. <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2022/09/28/defense-contractor-pleads-guilty-to-making-illegal-contributions-to-sen-collins-2020-campaign/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">He pleaded guilty</a> to the charges later that year, followed by <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2023/05/15/former-defense-contractor-executives-plead-guilty-to-illegal-donations-to-collins-campaign/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">two more Navatek executives</a> in 2023. </p><div class="ad-injection"><span class="before-injected-ad ad-notice">Advertisement</span><div id="adslot3" class="injectable-ad-slot opscoad-adPosition2" data-unit="/6119/pressherald.com/news" data-ad-index="3" style="display: block; margin:0 auto; text-align:center; width:100%;"></div></div>
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1046<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Collins said at the time that she knew nothing about Kao’s illegal donation. No one from her campaign was charged in the investigation. The ProPublica story quotes an FBI spokesperson saying the bureau “ultimately found nothing implicating Senator Collins or Senator Collins’ campaign. Any suggestion otherwise is totally false.”</p>
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1050<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“The campaign had absolutely no knowledge of any of the allegations against Mr. Kao or his associates until they were reported in the press,” Clark said Tuesday.</p>
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1059				<a class="mtm-related-link__link" href="https://www.pressherald.com/2023/05/15/former-defense-contractor-executives-plead-guilty-to-illegal-donations-to-collins-campaign/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Former defense contractor executives plead guilty to illegal donations to Collins’ campaign</a>			</div>
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1066<h2 class="wp-block-heading">2. The Trump administration shut it down</h2>
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1070ProPublica reports that the probe did not end there.</p>
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1074<p class="wp-block-paragraph">FBI investigators continued interviewing Kao for years. He provided detailed information about Collins and other lawmakers with whom he allegedly traded campaign donations for federal contracts.</p>
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1078<p class="wp-block-paragraph">By the end of 2024, the agency believed it had enough evidence to investigate a number of powerful legislators in both parties, <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2026/09/22/the-fbi-anti-corruption-squad-was-circling-susan-collins-until-trump-got-in-the-way/#:~:text=Even,office" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">according to ProPublica’s story.</a></p>
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1082<p class="wp-block-paragraph">But after Trump won reelection that year, he soon <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-inspectors-general-fired-congress-unlawful-4e8bc57e132c3f9a7f1c2a3754359993" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">fired inspectors general</a>, dropped <a href="https://apnews.com/article/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-corruption-dropped-trump-93c95b8d1aba9a7adc6ee01a7674442e" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">seemingly open-and-shut bribery</a> cases against public officials and <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/firings-pardons-policy-changes-gutted-doj-anti-corruption-efforts-expe-rcna200571" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">purged agents who investigated public corruption,</a> including allegations against himself, from the Department of Justice and FBI.</p><div class="ad-injection"><span class="before-injected-ad ad-notice">Advertisement</span><div id="adslot4" class="injectable-ad-slot opscoad-adPosition2" data-unit="/6119/pressherald.com/news" data-ad-index="4" style="display: block; margin:0 auto; text-align:center; width:100%;"></div></div>
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1086<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The investigations into Collins and other lawmakers ended soon after.</p>
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1094<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In Maine and across the country, Navatek deployed a similar strategy to win federal contracts: It started with the schools.</p>
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1098<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The company worked to forge partnerships with universities in states whose members of Congress it felt could steer federal contracts its way. In 2018, Navatek hired lobbyist Glenn Mandigo, who also did lobbying work for the University of Maine.</p>
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1102<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Shortly after, the company and the university partnered to build the world’s largest 3D printed boat. Months later, Navatek and UMaine won an <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2019/08/06/portland-based-ship-design-company-receives-8-million-navy-contract/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">$8 million Navy contract</a> to study maritime propulsion systems.</p>
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1107" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Sen. Susan Collins christens the 3Dirigo-X on Aug. 28, 2026. The 3D printed boat made by the University of Maine was based on research students conducted alongside Navatek. (Courtesy of Susan Collins’ office)&lt;/p&gt;
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1112<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Navatek kept a Portland office that was used to conduct research and development for the Navy. Collins attended an event at the company’s Maine headquarters in 2019, posing for a picture with Kao. The company’s CEO eventually told the FBI his company’s products were “of no real value” to the Navy and would not be deployed by the military, ProPublica wrote.</p>
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1120<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Collins has touted contracts for companies related to her donors before — but never in a way that invited this sort of law enforcement scrutiny.</p><div class="ad-injection"><span class="before-injected-ad ad-notice">Advertisement</span><div id="adslot5" class="injectable-ad-slot opscoad-adPosition2" data-unit="/6119/pressherald.com/news" data-ad-index="5" style="display: block; margin:0 auto; text-align:center; width:100%;"></div></div>
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1124<p class="wp-block-paragraph">New Balance’s owner and chairman, billionaire Jim Davis, <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2026/06/12/nearly-100-billionaires-and-their-spouses-have-d
1124onated-to-reelect-susan-collins/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">gave $1 million to Collins’ super PAC</a> last year. The senator proudly <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2026/02/10/im-running-maines-susan-collins-launches-campaign-for-a-6th-u-s-senate-term/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">held one of the company’s shoes</a> when announcing her reelection campaign in February. And this month, she <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2026/09/18/new-balance-gets-military-contract-for-athletic-shoes-made-in-skowhegan/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">touted a nearly $60 million contract</a> the company received to produce military footwear at its Skowhegan plant.</p>
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1138				<a class="mtm-related-link__link" href="https://www.pressherald.com/2026/06/12/nearly-100-billionaires-and-their-spouses-have-donated-to-reelect-susan-collins/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Nearly 100 billionaires and their spouses have donated to reelect Susan Collins</a>			</div>
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1145<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Earlier in the campaign cycle, Graham Platner tried to make Collins’ alleged corruption a campaign issue, making a proposal for a <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2026/06/25/graham-platner-rolls-out-anti-corruption-platform-in-senate-race/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">so-called “Collins rule”</a> part of his platform. It would have banned congressional spouses from trading stocks, and was drafted in response to allegations that Collins had steered federal contracts toward her husband’s lobbying firm — and that the couple had made stock trades based on inside information.</p>
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1161<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Collins and her campaign have emphatically denied the allegations of bribery and corruption leveled against her.</p>
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1165<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Clark, the senator’s deputy chief of staff, said in a statement Tuesday that neither the senator nor her campaign have been accused wrongdoing, and that “the campaign was never the target of the FBI investigation.”</p><div class="ad-injection"><span class="before-injected-ad ad-notice">Advertisement</span><div id="adslot6" class="injectable-ad-slot opscoad-adPosition2" data-unit="/6119/pressherald.com/news" data-ad-index="6" style="display: block; margin:0 auto; text-align:center; width:100%;"></div></div>
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1169<p class="wp-block-paragraph">She cast doubt on the account Kao provided to law enforcement, noting he only started speaking to federal investigators in the months and years prior to his sentencing <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2022/09/28/defense-contractor-pleads-guilty-to-making-illegal-contributions-to-sen-collins-2020-campaign/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">over the illegal campaign donations.</a></p>
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1190<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Kao, Clark posited, was deflecting blame to reduce his own sentence.</p>
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1206<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Misha Linnehan, press secretary for the Maine Democratic Party, said in a statement that the Navatek allegations align with “‘Shady Susan’s’ long history of corruption.” The party plans to hold a news conference about C
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1210<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Instead of using her power to help Maine people, Susan Collins has been so brazenly steering taxpayer dollars towards her wealthy donors that the FBI took notice — until Trump stuck his thumb on the scale on her behalf,” Linnehan said.</p>
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