Tell Senate Ethics: Launch an investigation into allegations of bribery raised against Sen. Collins
Tell Senate Ethics: Launch an investigation into allegations of bribery raised against Sen. Collins
- Tue, Sep 22 2026 at 5:13 PM
BREAKING: Senator Susan Collins implicated in weapons contractor pay-to-play.[1]
Mark: shocking ProPublica reporting reveals a shuttered FBI investigation into hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of illegal donations to Sen. Collins’ 2020 campaign that may have directly resulted in tens of millions worth of Pentagon contracts in return.
These are scandalous allegations of corruption for ANY sitting senator. The Senate Appropriations chair, tasked with negotiating the annual Pentagon budget, mired in potential criminal bribery? That’s a five-alarm fire.
It burns all the hotter because FBI agents were reportedly given a “50-page document naming dozens of lobbyists, congressional staffers and members of Congress who he said helped him trade cash for contracts.”[1]
We demand to know who else is implicated, and we deserve answers. That’s why we need a Senate Ethics Committee investigation to get to the bottom of this now.
From her powerful position as chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Sen. Collins is tasked with negotiating the annual Pentagon budget — including this year, as she fights for Trump’s outrageous $1.5 trillion request.
ProPublica’s reporting uncovers illegal donations made by Martin Kao, CEO of Navatek, a Hawaii-based weapons maker, to Sen. Collins’ reelection campaign in 2019 through a shady shell company. People also deserve to know about any other members and staffers with whom Kao and Navatek had similar, illegal arrangements.
The very idea that Sen. Collins may have greenlit Pentagon funds in a pay-for-play scheme is deeply disturbing — if true, there must be swift consequences.
Unfortunately, we can’t trust Trump’s Department of Justice to bring them to bear. Trump gutted the FBI anti-corruption unit that was gearing up to “pursue a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers of both political parties” upon his return to office last year.
But whether it’s private “businessmen” like notorious Blackwater founder Erik Prince or public officials like former Senator Menendez, Win Without War has never been afraid of making enemies in high places as we work to root out corruption. Today is no different.
Corruption and allegations like this morning’s reporting eat away at the very pillars of the U.S. foreign policy we are trying to build: justice, accountability, and democracy.
That’s where you come in Mark: The Pentagon budget should not be up for the highest bidder, and the public deserves information and accountability.
Thank you for working for peace,
The Win Without War team
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