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Martin Kao alleged that Susan Collins knowingly linked Navatek campaign support to federal-contract assistance. Collins's office and other participants deny a quid pro quo, while official records establish separate illegal contributions by Navatek-linked actors.
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Role at the time: Democratic U.S. Senate nominee challenging Collins in Maine
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Susan Collins knowingly participated in a pay-to-play arrangement in which Navatek campaign support was exchanged for her office's assistance obtaining federal contracts.
“This is corruption of the highest order. Susan Collins delivered millions in taxpayer dollars for a corrupt donor bankrolling her campaign, and then Donald Trump helped her cover it up.”
Relative to the alleged exchange of campaign support for contract assistance, Jackson expressly calls the conduct corruption and attacks Collins for it. This is substantive condemnation.
Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine.
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Annie Clark is a political communications professional who serves as deputy chief of staff to U.S. Senator Susan Collins. She previously served as Collins's communications director from 2015 to 2025, including as communications director for Collins's 2020 reelection campaign, and later worked at ROKK Solutions.
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Steven Loui founded the defense engineering firm Navatek in 1978, sold it to Martin Kao, and later regained control of the company, renaming it PacMar.
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Glen Mandigo is a retired government-relations executive and former registered lobbyist. He co-founded Strategic Marketing Innovations, a Washington firm focused on federal appropriations, technology, defense, energy and research funding, and served as its president and chief executive officer.
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Andy Winer is a Washington government-relations and public-affairs professional and attorney. He previously served as chief of staff to U.S. Senator Brian Schatz, held senior roles at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Strategies 360, and has advised government, nonprofit and private-sector clients on federal policy and appropriations.
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Scott Reed is a Republican political strategist and campaign consultant. He has served as a senior political strategist for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and as chairman of 1820 PAC, an independent-expenditure committee formed to support Susan Collins's 2020 Senate campaign.
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Martin Kao is a former Hawaii defense-contractor executive who served as president and chief executive officer of Navatek and Martin Defense Group. He previously served as Navatek's chief financial officer and later pleaded guilty in federal campaign-finance and Paycheck Protection Program fraud cases.
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United States Senator and Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine.
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