Martin Kao

President and CEO, Navatek, Ltd. - now known as the Martin Defense Group

Martin Kao, 48, Clifford Chen, 48, and Lawrence “Kahele” Lum Kee, 52, of Martin Defense Group LLC, formerly known as Navatek LLC, are charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and to make conduit and government contractor contributions, and making government contractor contributions to support U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) who ran for reelection in 2020 and won. They pled not guilty on February 23, 2022. Kao also is charged with two counts of making false statements to the Federal Election Commission. The trio are accused of creating a shell company to conceal the source of an illegal contribution of $150,000 to an independent, expenditure-only political action committee, or super PAC, that supported Collins. The alleged shell company, the Society of Young Women Scientists and Engineers LLC, or SYWSE, was incorporated Nov. 26, 2019, with Kao’s spouse as registered agent and manager.

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Donor	Common Recipients
Marc Rowan	Hillary Clinton, Susan Collins, Dick Durbin, Lindsey Graham, Jim Inhofe, Daniel Inouye, Mark Pryor, Jack Reed, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Collins for Senator, Democratic National Committee, Reed Committee, Friends of Jim Inhofe Committee, Mark Begich, Peters for Congress, Gary Peters, Jeanne Shaheen, Chris Coons, Brian Schatz, Team Graham, Friends of Jeanne Shaheen, Chris Coons for Delaware, WinRed
Debra Ressler Black	Hillary Clinton, Susan Collins, Dick Durbin, Lindsey Graham, Jim Inhofe, Daniel Inouye, Mark Pryor, Jack Reed, Collins for Senator, Democratic National Committee, Reed Committee, Friends of Jim Inhofe Committee, Mark Begich, Peters for Congress, Gary Peters, Jeanne Shaheen, Chris Coons, Brian Schatz, Team Graham, Friends of Jeanne Shaheen, Chris Coons for Delaware, WinRed
Leon Black	Hillary Clinton, Susan Collins, Dick Durbin, Lindsey Graham, Jim Inhofe, Daniel Inouye, Mark Pryor, Jack Reed, Collins for Senator, Democratic National Committee, Reed Committee, Friends of Jim Inhofe Committee, Mark Begich, Peters for Congress, Gary Peters, Jeanne Shaheen, Chris Coons, Brian Schatz, Team Graham, Friends of Jeanne Shaheen, Chris Coons for Delaware, WinRed
Seth Klarman	Tammy Baldwin, Hillary Clinton, Jim Clyburn, Susan Collins, Dick Durbin, Lindsey Graham, Mark Pryor, Jack Reed, Democratic National Committee, Reed Committee, Friends of Jim Clyburn, Peters for Congress, Gary Peters, Tammy Baldwin for Congress, Jeanne Shaheen, Chris Coons, Colleen Hanabusa, Friends of Jeanne Shaheen, Chris Coons for Delaware, Kendra S. Horn, Kendra Horn for Congress, WinRed
Naomi Aberly	Tammy Baldwin, Hillary Clinton, Susan Collins, Mazie Hirono, Jack Reed, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Reed Committee, Mark Begich, Jeff Merkley, Peters for Congress, Gary Peters, Jeanne Shaheen, Chris Coons, Tulsi Gabbard, Friends of Jeanne Shaheen, Chris Coons for Delaware, Hillary Victory Fund, Kendra S. Horn, Kendra Horn for Congress
Jeffrey R Gural	Tammy Baldwin, Hillary Clinton, Dick Durbin, Mazie Hirono, Mark Pryor, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Mark Begich, Jeff Merkley, Peters for Congress, Gary Peters, Jeanne Shaheen, Chris Coons, Tulsi Gabbard, Brian Schatz, Friends of Jeanne Shaheen, Chris Coons for Delaware, Hillary Victory Fund, Kendra S. Horn, Kendra Horn for Congress
Sheryl K Sandberg	Hillary Clinton, Jim Clyburn, Dick Durbin, Jack Reed, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Reed Committee, Friends of Jim Clyburn, Jeff Merkley, Peters for Congress, Gary Peters, Jeanne Shaheen, Chris Coons, Derek Kilmer, Friends of Jeanne Shaheen, Chris Coons for Delaware, People for Derek Kilmer, Hillary Victory Fund, Kendra S. Horn, Kendra Horn for Congress
Carolyn Rowan	Hillary Clinton, Susan Collins, Lindsey Graham, Jim Inhofe, Daniel Inouye, Jack Reed, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Collins for Senator, Democratic National Committee, Reed Committee, Friends of Jim Inhofe Committee, Peters for Congress, Gary Peters, Jeanne Shaheen, Chris Coons, Team Graham, Friends of Jeanne Shaheen, Chris Coons for Delaware, WinRed
Elon Musk	Hillary Clinton, Susan Collins, Dick Durbin, Lindsey Graham, Daniel Inouye, Mark Pryor, Jack Reed, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Collins for Senator, Democratic National Committee, Reed Committee, Prairie Political Action Committee, Peters for Congress, Gary Peters, Jeanne Shaheen, Chris Coons, Friends of Jeanne Shaheen, Chris Coons for Delaware, WinRed
Amy Rothschild Friedkin	Hillary Clinton, Jim Clyburn, Dick Durbin, Lindsey Graham, Mazie Hirono, Jim Inhofe, Daniel Inouye, Mark Pryor, Jack Reed, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Mark Begich, Jeff Merkley, Gary Peters, Jeanne Shaheen, Chris Coons, Tulsi Gabbard, Brian Schatz, Hillary Victory Fund
Roselyne Chroman Swig	Hillary Clinton, Jim Clyburn, Susan Collins, Dick Durbin, Lindsey Graham, Mazie Hirono, Jim Inhofe, Daniel Inouye, Mark Pryor, Jack Reed, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Mark Begich, Jeff Merkley, Gary Peters, Jeanne Shaheen, Colleen Hanabusa, Brian Schatz, Hillary Victory Fund
Herbert H Kohl	Tammy Baldwin, Hillary Clinton, Dick Durbin, Daniel Inouye, Mark Pryor, Jack Reed, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Reed Committee, Mark Begich, Jeff Merkley, Peters for Congress, Gary Peters, Tammy Baldwin for Congress, Jeanne Shaheen, Chris Coons, Friends of Jeanne Shaheen, Chris Coons for Delaware, Hillary Victory Fund
Stacy Schusterman	Tom Cole, Susan Collins, Lindsey Graham, Jim Inhofe, Frank D Lucas, Mark Pryor, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Cole for Congress, Friends of Jim Inhofe Committee, Mark Begich, Peters for Congress, Gary Peters, Jeanne Shaheen, Chris Coons, Colleen Hanabusa, Friends of Jeanne Shaheen, Chris Coons for Delaware, Kendra S. Horn, Kendra Horn for Congress
Barbra Streisand	Tammy Baldwin, Hillary Clinton, Dick Durbin, Mazie Hirono, Mark Pryor, Jack Reed, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Mark Begich, Jeff Merkley, Peters for Congress, Gary Peters, Jeanne Shaheen, Tulsi Gabbard, Friends of Jeanne Shaheen, Hillary Victory Fund, Kendra S. Horn, Kendra Horn for Congress
Samuel Whitehorn	Tammy Baldwin, Hillary Clinton, Dick Durbin, Mazie Hirono, Daniel Inouye, Mark Pryor, Jack Reed, Democratic National Committee, Mark Begich, Gary Peters, Jeanne Shaheen, Chris Coons, Colleen Hanabusa, Derek Kilmer, Brian Schatz, Mark Takai, Hillary Victory Fund, Hawaii PAC
Mark W Heising	Tammy Baldwin, Hillary Clinton, Dick Durbin, Mazie Hirono, Jack Reed, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Mark Begich, Jeff Merkley, Peters for Congress, Gary Peters, Jeanne Shaheen, Chris Coons, Brian Schatz, Friends of Jeanne Shaheen, Hillary Victory Fund, Kendra S. Horn, Kendra Horn for Congress
Tony Podesta	Tammy Baldwin, Hillary Clinton, Jim Clyburn, Dick Durbin, Mazie Hirono, Daniel Inouye, Mark Pryor, Jack Reed, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Mark Begich, Jeff Merkley, Gary Peters, Jeanne Shaheen, Chris Coons, Colleen Hanabusa, Brian Schatz, Hillary Victory Fund
Ann Doerr	Tammy Baldwin, Hillary Clinton, Jim Clyburn, Dick Durbin, Lindsey Graham, Jack Reed, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Reed Committee, Mark Begich, Jeff Merkley, Peters for Congress, Gary Peters, Jeanne Shaheen, Chris Coons, Friends of Jeanne Shaheen, Chris Coons for Delaware
Donald Sussman	Hillary Clinton, Dick Durbin, Daniel Inouye, Mark Pryor, Jack Reed, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Reed Committee, Peters for Congress, Gary Peters, Jeanne Shaheen, Chris Coons, Friends of Jeanne Shaheen, Chris Coons for Delaware, Hillary Victory Fund, Kendra S. Horn, Kendra Horn for Congress
Fred Eychaner	Tammy Baldwin, Hillary Clinton, Dick Durbin, Mazie Hirono, Mark Pryor, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic National Committee, Prairie Political Action Committee, Mark Begich, Jeff Merkley, Peters for Congress, Gary Peters, Tammy Baldwin for Congress, Jeanne Shaheen, Chris Coons, Friends of Jeanne Shaheen, Chris Coons for Delaware

Martin Kao

President and CEO, Navatek, Ltd. - now known as the Martin Defense Group

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