Dem senator bankrolling Platner's campaign ripped for downplaying abuse allegations in bombshell report

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin claps back at Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-RI, for suggesting country’s cost benefit would be improved by eliminating "polluting" energy sources. A sitting Democratic senator, who is one of Graham Platner’s top donors, is now drawing backlash for shrugging off the most recent allegations of misconduct that have followed the controversial Maine Senate candidate. Platner has received $10,000 in the form of two $5,000 donations from Rhode Island Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse's leadership PAC, according to Federal Election Commission records reviewed by Fox News Digital. One donation from Whitehouse’s Ocean PAC came in March of this year. Another one was made last October. Notably, the most recent donation was made before former Governor Janet Mills, a second Democratic candidate for Senate, suspended her campaign at the e