Top headline: New York Times, 9/10/2026
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Bottom headline: New York Times, 9/22/206
The bureau began investigating the matter under the Biden administration, after Martin Kao, the chief executive of Navatek, a military contractor in Hawaii, said he had discussed circumventing campaign finance laws with a political adviser to Ms. Collins, Republican of Maine. Mr. Kao is now serving an 87-month prison sentence for wire fraud, money laundering and bank fraud, some of which related to a separate scheme to defraud the government of pandemic aid money.
The inquiry, which was earlier reported by ProPublica, was closed under the Trump administration last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of Mr. Kao’s account, which he began offering around the time he pleaded guilty in 2022.
Current and former officials familiar with the investigation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe a sensitive inquiry, said agents did not uncover much evidence to corroborate Mr. Kao’s claims against the senator and her advisers, including Scott Reed, a fund-raiser for Ms. Collins. But they acknowledged that it was possible more could have surfaced if the investigation had developed further. [emphasis added]
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