Rowan Scarborough
Articles by Rowan Scarborough
Andrew Weissmann floats new Trump-Russia collusion theory
Former Robert Mueller Russia probe prosecutor turned MSNBC analyst Andrew Weissmann says President Trump thinks that he and Vladimir Putin are "on the same team" for the 2020 election. Published November 22, 2019
Jim Jordan hammers Democrats, says they sought foreign interference with Steele dossier
House Republicans used Thursday's impeachment hearing to drum home a message that the Democrats sought foreign interference in the 2016 election by funding and distributing a Kremlin-sourced dossier. Published November 21, 2019
Adam Schiff saw Ukraine as a source for dirt on Trump
Democrats have portrayed Ukraine as innocent of 2016 election interference but the lawmaker spearheading impeachment saw Kyiv as a source for dirt on President Trump in 2017. Published November 21, 2019
Devin Nunes lists past Democratic false charges
Rep. Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House intelligence committee, on Wednesday listed what he said were 10 bogus allegations made by panel Democrats since 2017 against President Trump. Published November 20, 2019
White House analyst Kashyap Patel files lawsuit against Politico, reporter
A White House analyst filed a defamation lawsuit Monday against Politico and a reporter for two stories the complaint says falsely accused the analyst of hijacking Ukraine policy-making and intervening with President Trump. Published November 18, 2019
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, NSC’s Ukraine director, to testify of ‘outside influencers’
The public on Tuesday will get its first look at Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman in action. And if he follows his closed-door testimony, he will knock his commander in chief while retelling his version of potentially damning conversations with a Trump ambassador. Published November 17, 2019
Attorney General Barr indicts progressives’ anti-Trump ‘resistance’
Attorney General William Barr lashed out at the Democratic Party "resistance" against President Trump, saying it is a "incendiary" and "scorched earth" movement signaling that America is ruled by an occupying military power, not an elected executive. Published November 16, 2019
Alexander Vindman claims Obama, not Trump, gave Javelins to Ukraine
Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a main accuser in the Democrats' impeachment drive, wrongly credited President Obama for sending advanced anti-tank weapons to Ukraine when President Trump was the first. Published November 13, 2019
Obama National Security Council ‘detailees’ led Trump opposition
Trump backers say the president has strong opposition from his National Security Council because he chose foreign policy experts instead of his loyalists as top advisers in the beginning and the staff was full of Obama supporters. Published November 12, 2019
Donald Trump aides fight over Ukraine policy
House impeachment transcripts show an internal White House struggle over Ukraine policy, with National Security Council staffers taking aim at President Trump and his political appointees. Published November 10, 2019
Impeachment Democrats worry about ‘BleachBit’ repeat
Democrats are being sticklers for State Department impeachment witnesses preserving their internet messages, rekindling memories of the Hillary Clinton "BleachBit" saga at the same agency. Published November 9, 2019
Impeachment testimony jabs Adam Schiff on Trump-Russia dossier
During House Democrats' impeachment probe interview of National Security Council staffer Fiona Hill, Rep. Adam B. Schiff got slapped down for championing the unsubstantiated Russia-collusion dossier on President Trump. Published November 8, 2019
Astan-e Quds Razavi, Iranian religious foundation, funds terrorism, spies: Report
A supposed Iranian religious foundation is in fact secretly funding terrorism and spies, such as the recruitment of former Air Force intelligence specialist Monica Witt, who defected to Iran in 2013 with valuable security secrets, a dissident group is claiming in a new report. Published November 7, 2019
Kurt Volker refutes whistleblower claim he pressed ‘quid pro quo’ in Kyiv
Former Special Ukraine diplomat Kurt Volker, a key witness in the Trump impeachment proceedings, is directly rebutting the whistleblower's allegation that he pressed the president's supposed "quid pro quo" in Kiev. Published November 6, 2019
Anti-Trump chronology: D.C. establishment plot culminates with impeachment
ANALYSIS: Democratic operatives, the press and the FBI have worked daily from his 2016 anti-Washington candidacy to his third year in the Oval Office to disable and cast aside Donald Trump, a chronology of events shows. Published November 4, 2019
Sidney Powell, Michael Flynn lawyer, puts Obama Justice Department on trial
Sidney Powell, the Dallas defense lawyer who rode into Washington determined to exonerate retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, specializes in unearthing stashed evidence and prosecutorial misconduct. Published October 30, 2019
Michael Flynn: Prosecution says no new evidence to help him
The Justice Department rejected Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn's newest bid to gain more evidence, saying on Tuesday there is nothing more in the file that relates to his December 2017 guilty plea to lying to FBI agents. Published October 29, 2019
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi tried to stay healthy in Syria, companion says
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi tried to stay healthy as he moved around Syria to evade death at the hands of U.S. military and allies, a onetime traveling companion says. Published October 28, 2019
Joseph Mifsud gave deposition to John Durham in ‘Russia-gate’ probe
A new question about the mysterious Maltese professor Joseph Mifsud is: What did he say on a taped deposition handed to the team of special Justice Department investigator John Durham? Published October 27, 2019
Pentagon accused of leaking Flynn phone calls to Washington Post, fueling Trump-Russia probe
The attorney for former Trump National Security Adviser Michael Flynn says a senior Pentagon official "is believed to be" the person who leaked the Flynn-Sergey Kislyak phone call transcripts to The Washington Post. Published October 25, 2019
