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Source: theguardian.com

<p>Republican senator calls bribery allegation ‘categorically false’ as ProPublica reports Trump derailed FBI inquiry</p><p>Democrats in Maine on Wednesday accused Republican senator Susan Collins of corruption after a major media outlet reported that the FBI had proposed investigating her for allegedly accepting bribes – before Donald Trump derailed the inquiry.</p><p>The article from the investigative newsroom ProPublica rocked the race for Collins’s Senate seat, which is crucial to Democrats’ hopes of winning control of the chamber in the 3 November midterm election. The outlet reported that in the run-up to Collins’s successful bid for a fifth term in 2020, the head of her Super Pac had solicited a campaign donation from contracting firm Navatek, which demanded assurances of business from the government in return.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/23/susan-collins-corruption-allegation-report-propublica" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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