Rowan Scarborough
Articles by Rowan Scarborough
House documents: John Podesta met with former Senate aide connected to Fusion GPS
Newly declassified House transcripts show that Hillary Clinton presidential campaign chairman John Podesta met with a former Senate Intelligence Committee aide who joined forces with dossier impresario Fusion GPS for the post-election phase of trying to dig up dirt on President Trump. Published May 13, 2020
Liz Cheney says Communist China spread virus on purpose
China has issued no apologies and gone on the attack via its global propaganda machine. Chinese social media blames the U.S. for planting the virus and mocks President Trump's response. Published May 12, 2020
Adam Schiff transcripts show Loretta Lynch uninformed as FBI probed Trump campaign
Newly released documents show FBI agents operated on autopilot in 2016 and 2017 while targeting President Trump and his campaign with little or no Justice Department guidance for such a momentous investigation. Published May 10, 2020
Democratic lawyer Michael Sussman took debunked Russia Alfa Bank conspiracy to CIA
A Democratic Party law firm pitched to the U.S. intelligence community a now-debunked theory that the Trump Organization maintained a secret computer link to a major Moscow bank run by Vladimir Putin allies, according to a newly declassified transcript. Published May 8, 2020
Obama discussed Flynn probe with Comey at White House meeting
President Obama talked with then-FBI Director James B. Comey and Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates about former Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn's infamous telephone calls with the Russian ambassador, according to a court filing Thursday. Published May 7, 2020
Rod Rosenstein targeted Carter Page after dossier fell apart
Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein put Trump campaign volunteer Carter Page under special counsel investigation after a year in which allegations against him in a Democratic Party-financed dossier had fallen apart. Published May 7, 2020
Richard Grenell calls on Adam Schiff to honor his promise to release transcripts of investigations
Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell is calling on Rep. Adam B. Schiff to honor his pledge upon taking control of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to release transcripts of investigations. Published May 6, 2020
U.S. allies report China deliberately destroyed laboratory evidence, made whistleblowers disappear
Communist China deliberately covered up the outbreak of COVID-19 in December-January by destroying laboratory evidence, and then silencing and "disappearing" whistleblowing physicians, according to an Australian newspaper based on a Western intelligence report. Published May 5, 2020
Pentagon official spoke regularly with Washington Post columnist, records show
Newly released records show that a senior Pentagon official engaged in regular conversations with The Washington Post's David Ignatius, the columnist who put his mark on the Trump-Russia affair by disclosing top secret intercepted telephone calls by retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn. Published May 3, 2020
COVID-19 no match for youth, CDC numbers show
At the coronavirus pandemic's three-month mark in America, statistics show COVID-19's death stare spares the young. Published May 1, 2020
Department of Justice investigations: Flynn didn’t conspire with Russian election interference
Two lengthy Department of Justice investigations show there never was evidence that retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn conspired in any way in Russian election interference, a fact now coming into play in his bid to have a federal judge throw out his false statements case. Published April 30, 2020
Michael Flynn’s ex-defense counsel failed to turn over thousands of files
A federal judge has ordered the former attorneys for retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn to search anew for case documents after their firm acknowledged failing to turn over thousands of emails and other materials to his new defense counsel. Published April 29, 2020
U.S. military’s Northern Command moves to new ‘stabilize’ phase in COVID-19 fight
U.S. Northern Command, which is overseeing the military role for fighting COVID-19, has shifted to a stabilizing effort with an eye to scaling down anti-virus support activities, a Pentagon source said on Monday. Published April 27, 2020
Pharmaceutical firm Aytu BioScience testing UV light treatment
President Trump has been mocked relentlessly for suggesting that ultraviolet light could be brought "inside the body" to kill the coronavirus, but there is ongoing research to do just that. Published April 26, 2020
Michael Flynn attorney claims ‘stunning’ new evidence
The attorney for retired Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn says the Justice Department has provided "stunning" new evidence that proves the former Trump national security officer was "framed" by FBI agents. Published April 25, 2020
Christopher Steele: My anti-Trump dossier records destroyed
Christopher Steele says his computer records for research to write a Democratic Party-financed anti-Donald Trump dossier no longer exist. Published April 24, 2020
FBI forced Christopher Steele’s Trump dossier into intelligence community’s election assessment
Officials included a reference to the anti-Trump dossier in the intelligence community's 2017 Russia election assessment only as a "compromise" with the FBI, which "would have had a major problem" if the document was ignored, according to a Senate report. Published April 23, 2020
Pompeo threatens WHO with permanent cash cutoff
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the U.S. may "never return" to funding the World Health Organization because of the way it operates, including the COVID-19 crisis. Published April 23, 2020
Richard Grenell rejects Adam Schiff’s bid to control national intelligence
Acting-Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell has dinged Rep. Adam Schiff in a new letter, expressing surprise the Trump foe didn't praise the appointment of two women to head counter-terrorism unit and rejecting the congressman's belief that lawmakers control the DNI's day-to-day management decisions. Published April 21, 2020
Richard Grenell reveals Russia fed Christopher Steele disinformation
Two Republican senators knew of some explosive details lurking inside an inspector general's report when on April 2 they reached out to Richard Grenell, the newly installed acting director of national intelligence who was already making his mark in just two months. Published April 19, 2020
