Recently publicized campaign finance data revealed that multiple donors to PACs aligned with Susan Collins had personal and financial connections to convicted child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. According to recent reporting from MeidasTouch, Charles Schwab, who donated $5,000 to Collins’ leadership PAC Dirigo, and Mark Rowan, who donated $50,000 to the pro-Collins Super PAC Pine Tree Results, had key involvement in Epstein’s business dealings.
“Susan Collins’ financial ties to the Epstein class are incredibly ‘concerning,’ as Collins would say, for a litany of moral and ethical reasons,” said Gus Nathanson, spokesperson for American Bridge 21st Century. “How are Mainers supposed to trust Collins to represent them when her affiliated organizations are accepting money from people linked to the most infamous sex trafficker in recent history?”
Notably, Schwab wired $27.7 million on Epstein’s behalf just ten days before Epstein was arrested for sex trafficking in 2019, and Rowan had a number of meetings with Epstein throughout the 2010s in both personal and professional settings.
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- Charles Schwab, who donated $5,000 to Collins’ Dirigo PAC, founded the Charles Schwab corporation and was Chair from 1986 to 2022.
- While Chairman, Schwab wired about $27.7 million on Epstein’s behalf to a realtor in Morocco in an effort to purchase a palace 10 days before his 2019 arrest.
- Schwab handled Epstein’s funds for “several months” while he faced intense scrutiny.
- Schwab opened three accounts for Epstein, including Southern Trust, which attempted to purchase the Bin Ennakhil Palace in Marrakesh, Morocco.
- Schwab was also subpoenaed by the U.S. Virgin Islands in relation to the co-executors of Epstein’s estate.
- Marc Rowan, who donated $50,000 to the pro-Collins Super PAC Pine Tree Results, met with Jeffrey Epstein multiple times in the 2010s, meeting for the first time in 2013 at Epstein’s residence.
- That same year, Rowan arranged meetings between members of his business, Apollo Global Management, and Epstein.
- Apollo co-founder Leon Black later resigned after it was revealed that Black paid Epstein more than $150 million.
- Rowan continued to meet with Epstein through 2016, which included a number of meetings at Epstein’s home in Manhattan. During these meetings, Rowan and Epstein discussed various investment opportunities and financial matters.
- Rowan and Epstein made a number of professional introductions for each other.
- In March 2016, Epstein emailed Rowan that he would introduce him to Nicholas Ribis, who previously worked as an executive for President Donald Trump’s resorts.
- In August 2016, attorney Perry Shwachman, who represented Apollo, emailed both Epstein and Rowan in a thread that thanked Rowan for introducing him to the disgraced financier.
- Rowan shared Apollo’s internal business details with Epstein, which led to Apollo shareholders filing a class action suit against Rowan over Epstein’s heavy involvement with the company and Rowan’s efforts to cover it up.
- Marc Rowan was mentioned in the Epstein files 389 times.
Published: Apr 16, 2026 | Last Modified: Apr 17, 2026