ProPublica reported on September 24, 2026 that the FBI investigated whether Martin Cow, a former Navitech CEO and major Susan Collins donor, ran a pay-to-play scheme trading campaign money for help securing federal defense contracts, and that the probe was active when Trump's 2025 purge of FBI and Justice Department officials ended it. Emails show Cow wrote in 2019 that he was routing a $150,000 donation through a shell company, and Collins asked for his number to thank him seven days after the money landed. Cow later gave the FBI a 50-page roadmap naming lawmakers, staffers and lobbyists in alleged cash-for-contracts deals. A ProPublica follow-up names Clyburn and Graham, alleging Clyburn inserted bill language to steer a Navitek contract. The…