Rowan Scarborough
Articles by Rowan Scarborough
Obama alumni all wrong on Trump peace push
Dire predictions from Barack Obama alumni that moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, Israel's capital, would ignite widespread violence have not panned out. Published September 16, 2020
Postal Service urges voters to prepare for mail-in balloting
The under-the-gun U.S. Postal Service is telling Americans they have a shared responsibility to make sure mailed ballots reach official vote counters in time. Published September 13, 2020
Robert Mueller probe: Phones of staffers wiped clean before returned to DOJ
The staff of special counsel Robert Mueller turned in 27 government smartphones that had been "wiped" of all data, including the iPhone of Andrew Weissmann, according to new Justice Department numbers. Published September 11, 2020
John Dowd thanks Bob Woodward for Trump campaign boost
President Trump's former criminal defense attorney is thanking Bob Woodward for highlighting the fact the president wanted the nation to stay calm as the coronavirus took hold in early 2020. Published September 10, 2020
Peter Strzok downplays dossier his Trump probe relied on
Former FBI agent Peter Strzok, who headed the probe into President Trump and his campaign, is now distancing himself from the infamous dossier on which his team greatly relied. Published September 7, 2020
Public Interest Legal Foundation finds thousands of double voters
A legal foundation has filed two court briefs that assert that double voting by the thousands happened in 2016-2018 in Georgia and North Carolina, as the nation prepares for its first large-scale, mail-in balloting to elect a president. Published September 6, 2020
USPS fires back: Local election boards stuck in outdated, confusing mail-in voting
The U.S. Postal Service, under Democratic fire on its readiness for mail-in voting, says there are big problems on the other end, too. Published September 2, 2020
Christopher Steele libel trial ends in London
For aficionados of the 2016 Trump-Russia dossier, its creator's defamation trial in London was full of twists and turns, though the plot is relatively simple: Published September 1, 2020
Donald Trump as Russian spy found nowhere in numerous investigations
Assertions by top Obama administration officials that President Trump is a Moscow intelligence asset have not been supported by a string of government investigations begun in July 2016, an analysis shows. Published August 30, 2020
Tempers flare inside team Trump as loyalists miffed over addition of controversial outsider
A foreign policy expert who played a role in trying to change the Ukraine plank in the Republican Party's platform four years ago and later criticized President Trump has nonetheless won a plum White House appointment. Published August 30, 2020
John McCain associate planned leaks to Post’s Ignatius
The associate of John McCain who spread anti-Trump dossier claims around Washington post-election planned to leak a story to Washington Post columnist David Ignatius about Paul Manafort, according to court testimony. Published August 28, 2020
Christopher Steele says FBI didn’t pay for his dossier work
Dossier creator Christopher Steele testified at a defamation trial in London that the FBI stiffed him out of payments he was due for travel in his anti-Trump investigation. Published August 27, 2020
Stefan Halper served as father-confessor/spy: Carter Page book
Stefan Halper took on the character of a sympathizing old friend when he met with Carter Page in 2016-17. The FBI confidential source was trying to see if the former Trump volunteer would incriminate himself in Russia collusion. Published August 25, 2020
White House stiffs campaign loyalists; appoints player in Ukraine platform debacle
A foreign policy expert who played a role in trying to change the Ukraine plank in the Republican Party's platform four years ago and later criticized President Trump has nonetheless won a plum White House appointment. Published August 25, 2020
Two secret documents disprove claims about Paul Manafort, his attorney says
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence's final report on Russian election interference contains a fundamentally inaccurate claim about Paul Manafort, his attorney says, and he claims that two secret documents can prove it. Published August 23, 2020
Govt. documents show six examples of Obama administration spying on Trump camp
President Trump responded to former President Barack Obama's attacks against him Wednesday night during the Democratic National Convention with the Twitter counter-charge that "he spied on my campaign." Published August 20, 2020
FBI declassified documents in Trump-Russia probe reveal pattern of duplicity
The FBI has rung up a striking record of falsehoods and misleading testimony during the bureau's Russia investigation of Donald Trump, according to a public records examination. Published August 16, 2020
Stefan Halper, FBI spy, foretold Michael Flynn’s fall, ex-student says
A onetime associate of FBI spy Stefan Halper says the University of Cambridge professor told him that retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn was "unsuitable" for the post of President Trump's national security adviser and added, "I don't think Flynn's going to be around long." Published August 10, 2020
Lindsey Graham says FBI claim on Christopher Steele source is ‘new crime’
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham on Sunday accused the FBI of committing a "new crime" before a Senate committee in 2018 when the bureau testified that a key source backed up Christopher Steele and his anti-Trump dossier when in fact the source had not. Published August 9, 2020
Clinton accuser burned personal journal; kept infamous photo of Prince Andrew
Virginia Giuffre, a prime accuser of Jeffrey Epstein and partner Ghislaine Maxwell, testified four years ago that she had kept a detailed journal of her forced role in the two's global sex trafficking, but then she burned it in a backyard bonfire. Published August 1, 2020