By Winston Wendell
When Maine residents vote, they need to demand integrity and transparency from their senior. However, Senator Susan Collins has consistently been at odds with transparency and has attracted the FBI’s suspicion on multiple occasions. Even though her campaign’s dark money contributions have been scrutinized in the past, it seems that Mrs. Collins has managed to secure a steady stream of untraceable funds. Thanks to Donald Trump’s DOJ they buried the investigation.
According to recent reports, there is a minimum of $7.4 million in dark money that has been allocated to Collins’ campaign. Additionally, these contributions closely mirror the pattern of suspicious shell-donor payments that had previously aroused FBI’s interest. If true, these allegations could severely damage Collins’trust as a senator since her actions suggest that she may be willing to accept large sums of money from unknown sources in exchange for political favors.
Senator Collins may want to present herself as a fair and impartial political figure, but the facts speak for themselves. Her campaign’s finances have been invaded by middlemen and billionaires for the past several years, and it appears that Mrs. Collins is quite comfortable with this.
The amount of dark money in the system is utterly unacceptable, as it has the potential to swallow up any minority donations from Mainers’ voices. Susan Collins needs to prove to the people of Maine that she can be a trusted political figure in the state, and not bought to the highest bidder!
