The FBI is investigating an alleged scheme to illegally fund Sen. Susan Collins
Axios obtained a search warrent request that shows the FBI believes former Navatek CEO Martin Kao reimbursed his family members around $150,000 in donations to a pro-Collins super PAC. As a federal contractor, Kao was prohibited from donating to federal political committees. The straw man donations appear to have been a way of working around that rule.
Collins s communications director Annie Clark told The Hill, The Collins for Senator Campaign had absolutely no knowledge of anything alleged in the warrant.
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Clark pointed to language on the Collins for Senator website that stated in order to make a contribution one must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, the contribution must come from their own personal funds and they must be at least 18 years old.