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Weeks Before the Election, Susan Collins’s Ties to a Fund-Raiser Are Under Scrutiny

Scott Reed, a longtime Washington lobbyist who has a close relationship with Senator Susan Collins of Maine, leads a super PAC backing her campaign.

© Ian Wagreich/U.S. Chamber of Commerce, via Associated Press

Scott Reed worked on presidential campaigns, ran the Republican National Committee and advised the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
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F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins

The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.

© Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times

Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, fired many agents in a public corruption unit at the Washington field office that had handled the Kao investigation who had gone on to work for the special counsel Jack Smith.
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