Susan Collins drops brutal reminder of Maine Dem rival rocked by assault accusations

A 1988 police report resurfaced this week accusing Maine Democratic Senate nominee Troy Jackson of assaulting a man and pushing his longtime partner during a late-night confrontation in Fort Kent, Maine, prompting Republican Sen. Susan Collins to comment publicly for the first time on the matter. Jackson, chosen recently by Maine Democrats to replace Graham Platner after Platner dropped out amid rape allegations he denied, acknowledged the physical fight but denied ever being violent toward his partner. Republican groups, including the RNC and NRSC, used the report to attack Jackson and call on Democrats to drop him, while Jackson's partner, Lana Pelletier, disputed the report's account of her statements to police.