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

The Hill - Sep 23, 2026

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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