Collins rejects alleged pay-to-play claims as Democrats press attack
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Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, rejected allegations that she was involved in a pay-to-play scheme, calling them “categorically false” and describing a report about the claims as a “partisan hit job.”
ProPublica reported that the FBI had proposed investigating whether Collins accepted bribes, but that President Donald Trump derailed the inquiry, according to The Guardian. The reporting prompted Maine Democrats to accuse Collins of corruption as she campaigns to retain her Senate seat.
Collins also attacked the credibility of a person connected to the allegations, saying it was “offensive” to rely on the word of someone she described as a twice-convicted felon who faced money-laundering counts.
Maine Democrats highlighted the reported inquiry in their criticism of Collins, while Republicans rallied around the senator and defended her against the allegations.
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