Rowan Scarborough
Articles by Rowan Scarborough
Chuck Grassley says DoD office that paid FBI spy Stefan Halper ‘has lost its way’
Sen. Charles E. Grassley, Iowa Republican and Senate Finance Committee chairman, is seeking to cut in half the budget for an in-house Pentagon think tank, citing in part dubious contracts awarded to the FBI's main spy in its Trump-Russia probe. Published July 4, 2020
Chuck Grassley: DoD office that paid FBI spy Halper ‘has lost its way’
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley is seeking to cut in half the budget for an in-house Pentagon think tank, citing in part dubious contracts awarded to Stefan Halper, the FBI's main spy in its Trump-Russia probe. Published July 3, 2020
Donald Trump, Jeff Sessions, Sergey Kislyak Mayflower Hotel speech drove empty Russia scandal
Attorney General William P. Barr may have one particular storyline in mind when he says liberal media were doing "all they could to sensationalize and drive" the empty Russia scandal: the Mayflower Hotel. Published June 29, 2020
Michael Flynn probe represents broader Obama administration assault on Trump presidency
The collapse of the Obama administration's dogged pursuit of retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn has come to represent a broader assault on the Trump campaign, transition and presidency that Attorney General William P. Barr has concluded amounted to FBI "sabotage." Published June 24, 2020
‘We caught them’: Donald Trump hits FBI leaders on dossier hoax
It has been two months since Washington learned that the Kremlin fed anti-Trump disinformation into the infamous dossier, and there had been no reaction from the president. That is until now. During an exclusive Oval Office interview last week with The Washington Times, President Trump was asked about Russian lies targeting him through the FBI-favored, Democratic Party-funded dossier. Published June 22, 2020
Chuck Grassley asks Pentagon official if he leaked Michael Flynn information to press
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is pressing a Pentagon official to disclose more about his source relationship with The Washington Post's David Ignatius, whose January 2017 column triggered the FBI to target retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn. Published June 21, 2020
Intelligence document highlights FBI’s faith in anti-Trump dossier
A newly declassified intelligence document underscores the FBI's absolute commitment to the discredited Christopher Steele dossier even to the point of providing the CIA its most damaging allegations against then-President-elect Trump. Published June 14, 2020
Devin Nunes says Rod Rosenstein’s testimony shows investigation driven by dossier
Rep. Devin Nunes of California says former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's Senate testimony last week shows that the special counsel probe into President Trump was driven by the discredited Democratic Party-financed dossier. Published June 7, 2020
Lancet, renowned medical journal, backtracks on celebrated anti-hydroxychloroquine paper
The editors of The Lancet, a London-based journal renowned for accurate medical research, are disclosing "serious scientific questions" about a paper they published May 22 knocking the use of the Trump-endorsed hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19. Published June 4, 2020
Coronavirus will make China leader in ‘new world order’: Beijing propaganda
China's propaganda machine is telling the Arab world that the coronavirus pandemic will propel the communist regime to a "leading role in the new world order," supplanting the United States. Published June 3, 2020
Antifa: End ‘whiteness’ as a race, stop funding police departments
A prime goal of far-left Antifa is to rid America of "whiteness" as a race, according to a handbook written by a historian who helped organize the anarchist "Occupy Wall Street" movement in 2011. Published June 1, 2020
Eric Swalwell battles with Richard Grenell on Twitter about Trump-Russia collusion
Democrats have not given up on selling a Trump-Russia election conspiracy, according to Rep. Eric Swalwell's Twitter battle with former acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell. Published May 31, 2020
U.S. health experts, WHO differ over coronavirus protocols
The U.S. and the World Health Organization do not agree on two major virus blockers -- masks and social distance -- resulting in inconsistent public advice on how to prevent COVID-19 infections. Published May 31, 2020
Richard Grenell says Democrats lied about Trump
Former acting chief of U.S. intelligence Richard Grenell this week launched a pointed defense of his short, but activist tenure, accusing one Democrat of repeatedly lying to America about President Trump and Russia collusion. Published May 29, 2020
Washington Post, leaker reignited Michael Flynn FBI probe, James Comey transcript reveals
Not much was going on in the Michael Flynn probe until The Washington Post and a leaker reenergized the FBI, according to a newly disclosed transcript of closed-door testimony by former bureau Director James B. Comey. Published May 27, 2020
Top Mueller prosecutor Andrew Weissmann focused on Paul Manafort before Russia investigation
Former Trump-Russia prosecutor Andrew Weissmann, who emerged last week as a fundraiser for Joseph R. Biden, is a sidelight in the Justice Department inspector general's report on FBI wiretap abuse. Published May 24, 2020
Documents show Trump right about FBI, FISA warrants
When the Justice Department released heavily redacted FBI wiretap applications to spy on Trump campaign volunteer Carter Page in July 2018, the media generally panned President Trump's response. Published May 20, 2020
Intel chief orders same threat briefings for Trump and Biden
Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell has moved to "streamline" briefings to political campaigns on foreign threats to make sure each side receives equal treatment, an official told The Washington Times. Published May 19, 2020
Coronavirus appears to have peaked in U.S. in April
The rate of increase for new confirmed cases has stayed below 2 percent for the past nine days, according to a Washington Times analysis of numbers tabulated by John Hopkins University. New case growth has stayed below three percent for 22 of the past 23 days after averaging over 5 percent in early to mid-April. Published May 19, 2020
Michael Flynn adversary’s law firm backs Democrats: FEC records
The law firm of the retired Clinton-appointed judge who will argue against dismissing the case of Michael Flynn is a hotbed of Democratic Party financial supporters, Federal Election Commission disclosures show, although the retired jurist himself has no record of such donations. Published May 16, 2020
