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Rowan Scarborough

Rowan Scarborough

Articles by Rowan Scarborough

In this June 8, 2017, file photo, former FBI Director James B. Comey speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Rudy Giuliani, Trump's new attorney, says Trump fired Comey last year "because Comey would not, among other things, say that he wasn't a target" of the special counsel's Russia investigation. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

FBI targeted Trump associates with informants

The FBI informant assigned to spy on Trump associates came up empty, according to the Justice Department's inspector general report, which for first time discloses snippets of secretly recorded conversations. Published December 23, 2019

In this Thursday, June 8, 2017, file photo, former FBI Director James Comey testifies before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite/File)

FBI had spies inside Trump campaign: IG

The FBI had operational informants inside the Trump campaign and among Trump associates, according to the Justice Department's inspector general report. Published December 20, 2019

Carter Page, an adviser to U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, speaks at the graduation ceremony for the New Economic School in Moscow on July 8, 2016. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin) **FILE**

FISA court raps FBI’s faulty affidavits for Trump wiretaps: ‘Serious misconduct’

In a rare order, the chief judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court condemned the FBI on Tuesday for misleading the court in its application to surveil former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, saying the sheer number of problems with the petition raises questions about other filings by the law enforcement agency. Published December 17, 2019

Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn leaves the federal courthouse in Washington on Monday, June 24, 2019. Flynn's lawyer Sidney Powell is at left. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Emmet Sullivan rejects Michael Flynn bid for exoneration

A federal judge this week rejected retired Lt. Gen. Michael's Flynn's bid to have his guilty plea throwing out, saying supposed exonerating government evidence either doesn't exist or is not relevant. Published December 17, 2019

Carter Page, a foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, speaks with reporters following a day of questions from the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP file Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) ** FILE **

Kevin Clinesmith, FBI attorney, hid Carter Page CIA informant role, IG report shows

The FBI's four wiretap affidavits to a federal judge in 2016 and 2017 deliberately hid a part of Trump campaign volunteer Carter Page's professional life that would have revealed his patriotic role as a CIA informant instead of the bureau's nefarious depiction, the Justice Department inspector general's report shows. Published December 11, 2019

Dossier author Christopher Steele acknowledged he was desperate to stop the Trump campaign and prompt the FBI to ratchet up its investigation. (Associated Press/File) **FILE**

FBI misled judges on Christopher Steele’s truth record

One of the FBI's big selling points for the Democratic Party-financed Steele dossier is that its creator, former British spy Christopher Steele, had proven his veracity in previously providing information on an international soccer scandal. Published December 9, 2019

FBI Deputy Assistant Director Peter Strzok testifies before the House Committees on the Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform during a hearing on "Oversight of FBI and DOJ Actions Surrounding the 2016 Election," on Capitol Hill, Thursday, July 12, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Michael Horowitz report follows extensive FBI misconduct in Trump era

The FBI already has amassed a record of misconduct by top officials leading up to Monday, when the Justice Department inspector general is scheduled to release conclusions on whether agents also abused the bureau's intrusive wiretapping powers. Published December 4, 2019

Ranking member Rep. Devin Nunes of Calif., gives his closing remarks as former White House national security aide Fiona Hill, and David Holmes, a U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, during a public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents. (Associated Press/File)

Devin Nunes slaps CNN with $435 million defamation lawsuit

Rep. Devin Nunes filed a defamation lawsuit Tuesday against CNN for its Nov. 22 "demonstrably false hit piece" that said the California Republican traveled to Vienna in 2018 to dig up dirt on former Vice President Joseph R. Biden. Published December 3, 2019

Ranking member Rep. Devin Nunes of Calif., gives his closing remarks as former White House national security aide Fiona Hill, and David Holmes, a U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, during a public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents. (Associated Press/File)

Devin Nunes to sue CNN, Daily Beast over Vienna stories

Rep. Devin Nunes on Sunday ramped up his attack on allegations in CNN and Daily Beast stories, saying he will file a lawsuit in federal court accusing them of being accessories to a conspiracy to obstruct justice. Published November 24, 2019