"Documents reveal Democrats in Maine have been using USAID money to pay for their campaigns The Maine Wire “Governor Janet Mills administration has been using taxpayer dollars like the USAID Fund” “Were about 10-15% of the way through reviewing all 4,500 of these documents — The early story appears to be that the Governor Janet T. Mills administration has been using taxpayer dollars like the USAID Fund. They've been using no bid contracts to funnel money to nongovernmental organizations. And those NGOs are run by individuals who are friendly with their reelection efforts, friendly with what the administration is doing. And this money includes, by the way, federal dollars, Covid dollars, even emergency funding for Lewiston shooting response has been funneled to friendly NGOs.” More corruption out of Maine “We found that Attorney General Aaron Frey spent $60,000 on a no bid contract for soundproofing in his office in the Burton Cross office building. This was, of course, just a few months before it would emerge that he was having an affair with a subordinate. We found an $800,000 contract to the Bangor Daily News for marketing and advertising. The timing of that $800,000 payment to the Bangor Daily News is kind of interesting. October of 2022, that would have been right before the Paul LePage vs Janet T. Mills reelection fight. And then we've also found a ton of no bid contracts given to a who's who of non governmental organizations — the early story appears to be that the Mills administration has been using taxpayer dollars like the USAID Fund.”
