Emma Vigeland calls the Navatek accusations against Susan Collins well documented
Emma VigelandCo-host of The Majority Report
On The Majority Report, Emma Vigeland introduces Susan Collins's response to the Navatek reporting and says the accusations are well documented by ProPublica.
“Here is Susan Collins getting pressed about this story on the Wall Street Journal podcast, and she says she's very offended about these accusations that are well-documented by one of the only outlets doing real journalism in this country anymore, ProPublica.”
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Did Susan Collins Trade Federal Contract Support for Navatek Campaign Donations?
Former Navatek chief executive Martin Kao told FBI agents that Susan Collins and people around her knowingly participated in an arrangement connecting campaign support to federal-contract assistance. Collins's office, an FBI spokesperson and several participants dispute that account. Criminal proceedings and an FEC settlement established illegal contributions by Navatek-linked actors, but no public charge or court finding establishes that Collins knowingly joined a quid pro quo.
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The Majority Report published this segment on YouTube on September 25, 2026. It plays Susan Collins discussing the Navatek allegations on the Wall Street Journal's podcast.
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Vigeland introduces a clip of Collins discussing the ProPublica reporting on the Wall Street Journal's podcast.
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In the clip, Collins calls the reporting a partisan hit job and questions the word of a felon who has been convicted twice.
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Relative to the allegation that Collins traded contract support for Navatek donations, Vigeland calls the accusations well documented and dismisses Collins's offense at them. That treats the reported arrangement as established and condemns it.
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Read the full caseCollins calls the Navatek allegations completely false
“The allegations are completely false ... We have a picture of his meeting with me and with other people in my office that is many months before he ever made a single contribution ... He spun this story up again in the hopes that the judge would be lenient, or the prosecutor would be.”Read statement
Abbott says a photo disproves the claim that Kao had to donate before meeting Collins
“ProPublica has the theory that Martin Kao, based on Martin Kao's word, had to make a donation before he could get in to see Susan Collins. As you can see from that picture, it's not true”Read statement
Collins campaign says it has no record of Collins calling Kao to thank him
“Neither Susan Collins nor anyone who worked for her believes that she made a call”Read statement
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