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# Here are all the Democrats defense pork john Martin Kao donated to, and whom ProPublica never mentioned in their “corruption” piece
- URL: https://thecrimsonhub.com/here-are-all-the-democrats-defense-pork-john-martin-kao-donated-to-and-whom-propublica-never-mentioned-in-their-corruption-piece/
- Published: 2026-09-23T19:24:56.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-23T19:24:56.000Z
- Author: Crimson Staff

Earlier, we posted [this item](https://thecrimsonhub.com/was-the-propublica-hit-on-susan-collins-originally-intended-as-a-hit-on-lindsey-graham-heres-why-im-betting-yes/) about how the ProPublica “Susan Collins” piece seems likely to have mutated from what was possibly (probably?) a major investigative piece on former Senator and #1 Trump Pal Lindsey Graham, plausibly in an attempt to use the information despite it going cold after Graham died awhile back.

But there’s another interesting wrinkle here, and it’s this. While ProPublica talks about the lawmakers that defense pork john Martin Kao donated to being “bipartisan,” they notably do not namecheck the Democrats he gave to. The only people named in the piece are Collins and Graham. 

So, we decided to take a look at Kao’s donation record from 2019-2020\. Here’s what we found:

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Is there going to be a corruption probe into these figures also? Or a ProPublica expose on their financial ties to Kao?

Admittedly, a follow up could be in the works (ProPublica often does investigations in three-part series). We would hope so, since the inclusion of Jim Clyburn here suggests another South Carolina angle beyond the [Lindsey Graham one we exposed earlier today](https://thecrimsonhub.com/was-the-propublica-hit-on-susan-collins-originally-intended-as-a-hit-on-lindsey-graham-heres-why-im-betting-yes/), and we know that was a priority for the fired investigator. (Kao also donated to Joe Wilson, another South Carolinian).

Is this story going to turn out to be more about scummy dealings in the Palmetto State, which has long been known for its general sleaze in politics? 

For what it’s worth, there are quite a few Oklahomans on the list, too… we’ve shown you Horn above, but former Sen. Inhofe was a beneficiary of Kao’s largesse, as was Rep. Tom Cole, a powerful appropriator, too.

This sure looks like a story that’s very little about Collins when you get down to brass tacks and much more about other figures and state delegations.