"The Hill reported in 2017 that Collins boasted about how he made his fellow members of Congress rich off an Australian pharmaceutical company, Innate Immunotherapeutics, where he served on the board of directors and was the largest shareholder.

Congressional ethics investigations followed. In August 2018, Collins, his son Cameron and the father of Cameron's fiancée were arrested and indicted on federal charges of trading Innate stock using non-public"


https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4...ty-plea-report

Sept 2018
"Trump tweeted Monday that "investigations of two very popular Republican Congressmen were brought to a well publicized charge, just ahead of the Mid-Terms, by the Jeff Sessions Justice Department." He added, "Two easy wins now in doubt because there is not enough time."