FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins -- Until Trump Got in the Way

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

ProPublica is revealing the existence of the case for the first time. We reviewed a trove of evidence gathered by the FBI and thousands of pages of legal records, and interviewed dozens of people familiar with Navatek, its Washington operations, and the FBI inquiry to conduct our own investigation.

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Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign.
The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers.
Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD [image or embed]
-- ProPublica (@propublica.org) 6:45 AM Â· Sep 22, 2026

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This is very concerning

#1 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-09-22 11:18 AM | Reply

Sheep-buggerer Patel is as corrupt as he is incompetent.

#2 | Posted by Reinheitsgebot at 2026-09-22 11:42 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

The Susan Collins threat meter is at:

Concerned edging towards Upset.

If she doesn't lose after this, nothing will sink her.

Now the question is, will the corporate owned media report on this?

The fact that she wanted to thank him personally for the $150,000 "donation" that was sent through the shell company is a "smocking" gun. She has been in Congress long enough to know defense contractors cannot make donations like that.

#3 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-09-22 01:22 PM | Reply

Where'd the law and order MAGAts get to?

#4 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-09-22 01:35 PM | Reply

"We'll take it from here" - Trump's pro-corruption squad

#5 | Posted by Derek_Wildstar at 2026-09-22 04:16 PM | Reply

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you The Swamp:

#6 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2026-09-22 05:57 PM | Reply

According to the report, federal investigators were seeking approval for a formal, expanded bribery probe in late 2024. However, following President Trump taking office, leadership changes, reassignments, and departures within the Department of Justice and the FBI's public corruption units"including personnel who took Kao's testimony"led to the probe being effectively shelved or "dead."
www.ibtimes.co.uk

#7 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2026-09-22 05:59 PM | Reply

Trump also targeted the Justice Department attorneys who worked with CR-15. The team, known as the Public Integrity Section, collapsed spectacularly in February 2025 after staff were ordered to drop a case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a Trump ally. The unit's leadership quit en masse. Trump appointees ordered the remaining prosecutors to halt new corruption cases, just months after Kao made his detailed confession.

#8 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2026-09-22 06:22 PM | Reply

When the president and the justices of the Supreme Court are corrupt and taking bribes and the SC finds the president is above the law, what is the ------- point

#9 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-09-22 08:33 PM | Reply

it's a long read but interesting.

#10 | Posted by eberly at 2026-09-22 09:32 PM | Reply

interesting.
#10 | Posted by eberly

Oh please, do elaborate

#11 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2026-09-22 10:26 PM | Reply

Is it even a question whether or not this is the most corrupt Presidency in history?

#12 | Posted by hamburglar at 2026-09-23 12:29 AM | Reply