Augusta, ME – Today, a new bombshell investigation from Propublica revealed that Susan Collins was being examined by the FBI for steering federal contracts to a major donor until Donald Trump ended the investigation.
However, this is far from the first time that Susan Collins’ corruption has been exposed:
While Mainers struggle with rising costs, Collins’ wealth has grown by millions since coming to D.C. while she remains the only member of the Maine delegation to oppose ending congressional stock trading.
In 2024 alone, her stock portfolio grew by nearly 80%.
Collins also violated the STOCK Act by failing to report her husband’s stock trades at least 25 times, on transactions with a value of up to $445,000. She remains the only member of the Maine delegation to oppose ending congressional stock trading.
Collins is no stranger to the lobbyist pay-to-play pipeline thanks to her wealthy former lobbyist husband.
MeidasTouch News: Susan Collins Was Paid Directly by a Lobbyist for Her Campaign Donors Through a ‘Consulting Fee’ to Her Husband
Collins has taken more than $1.2 million from lobbyists and has repeatedly refused to crack down on corruption – failing seven times to support a ban on members of Congress becoming lobbyists. She even was given an award at this year’s “lobbyist prom.”
Collins has the backing of more than 100 billionaires and their spouses and has received more money from private equity than any other elected politician in America.
Collins voted five times against resolutions that could have ended the Iran War. Meanwhile, Collins’ stock portfolio has surged – she and her husband hold up to $115,000 in natural gas stocks, which have potentially raked in thousands more for the couple since the war began.
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