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

By William Turton, ProPublica · September 22, 2026

In the final weeks of 2019, a top fundraiser for Sen. Susan Collins walked into a perilous meeting at a Corner Bakery in Washington, D.C. For the first time in her two-decade Senate career, the Republican lawmaker from Maine was in danger of losing her seat. President Donald Trump’s dismal approval ratings were…

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

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