Susan Collins had 2-sentence response to Donald Trump’s indictment

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins replied tersely to former President Donald Trump’

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Thursday indictment, highlighting a muted reaction from Maine’s

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Republican establishment to the long-expected news.

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“I don’t know what to make of it,” she said in a statement. “This is an unprecedented situation.”

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Collins is Maine’s most prominent and senior Republican leader and has

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often sought to distance herself from Trump’s many controversies

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without angering conservatives. Her Friday comments are noteworthy

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for their brevity but similar to the initial reactions from others in her party.

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