Rowan Scarborough
Articles by Rowan Scarborough
Roger Stone restaurant assault claim disputed by D.C. police, Italian eatery RPM
The Metropolitan Police Department said Thursday it never received a complaint from Roger Stone about being accosted last week at a D.C.-area restaurant, and the restaurant's manager says the embattled Trump associate embellished his encounter with other patrons. Published June 6, 2019
FBI wiretap petitions for Trump campaign contained key errors
Four FBI wiretap applications targeting a Trump campaign volunteer were more inaccurate than previously known based on subsequent investigative information, an analysis shows. Published June 6, 2019
William Barr seeks dossier’s influence on FBI’s Trump-Russia investigation
Attorney General William P. Barr has made it clear he wants to know just how far Christopher Steele's discredited dossier took the FBI into the depths of a nearly three-year investigation into President Trump. Published June 2, 2019
Robert Mueller report downplays key conclusion: No Trump-Russia collusion
Special counsel Robert Mueller's exhaustive report on Russian election interference marginalizes its most important finding: There was no Trump-Moscow conspiracy. Published May 29, 2019
Democrats falsehoods on Trump Russia involvement exposed by Mueller report
President Trump has been labeled repeatedly as a Moscow agent by top Democrats and their intelligence officers, but in special counsel Robert Mueller's report he comes up clean. Published May 26, 2019
Donald Trump associates weigh defamation lawsuits over Russia probe
Trump associates are contemplating lawsuits against the people who they believe defamed them in the Russia election collusion investigation. Published May 22, 2019
Michael Cohen: Trump received no Russia loans
President Trump's former attorney and real estate adviser has told Congress he isn't aware of any Russian money ever coming into Trump Organization as investments or loans. Published May 21, 2019
Paul Manafort Russia conspiracy rejected by Mueller report
Paul Manafort is in prison for tax fraud, leaving behind a series of unproven Russia conspiracy allegations that his supporters say wrongly branded him a tool of Moscow. Published May 19, 2019
Liberal media bent on destroying John Bolton, former aide says
The former chief of staff for White House national security adviser John Bolton says the press is trying to destroy his ex-boss with a "false narrative" from anonymous sources. Published May 16, 2019
Christopher Steele, dossier author, made false felony charges against Donald Trump associates
Democratic Party-financed operative Christopher Steele secretly made false felony charges against President Trump associates that weren't included in his infamous public dossier, according to an analysis of a State Department internal memo. Published May 14, 2019
George Papadopoulos says Mueller report ‘shows that I was clearly set up’
George Papadopoulos, whose London networking triggered the FBI to unleash "Crossfire Hurricane" at the Trump campaign, was the wrong man. Published May 12, 2019
Russia funded Trump’s 1990s financial recovery, Joe Lockhart claims
Joe Lockhart, President Bill Clinton's press secretary, has a conspiracy spin on President Trump's financial problems in the 1980s-90s: Russia and Vladimir Putin. Published May 9, 2019
FBI refuses to reveal if Daniel Jones Alfa Bank server research exists
The FBI has turned down a request from The Washington Times to disclose whether it has received any opposition research from Daniel J. Jones, the former Senate Democratic staffer who raised $50 million to investigate President Trump. Published May 8, 2019
William T. Walters’ appeal puts illegal FBI media leaks in Supreme Court crosshairs
William T. Walters' petition to the Supreme Court paints an unflattering picture of how the New York FBI field office leaked to The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times to pressure the defendant. Published May 7, 2019
Robert Mueller report cites Trump-Russia election conspiracy stories in media
Special counsel Robert Mueller relied on the media to feed his Russian election interference report, citing scores of stories mostly from news outlets that promoted the debunked Trump-Kremlin election conspiracy. Published May 5, 2019
White House counsel Emmet Flood derides Mueller report for failing to ‘comply’ with DOJ regulations
White House counsel Emmet Flood has denounced the Mueller report, saying it was written in such a way that disregarded DOJ guidelines and that essentially created an "inverted burden of proof" regarding the factual record. Published May 4, 2019
John Dowd slams ‘unprofessional’ Robert Mueller for sending ‘snitty’ letter to Barr
President Trump's former defense attorney says it was an "unprofessional" for Robert Mueller to send a protest letter to Attorney General William Barr that later leaked to the press. Published May 2, 2019
BuzzFeed reporter: Anti-Trump dossier a ‘f—-ked up document’
The anti-Trump dossier published by BuzzFeed on Jan. 10, 2017, was a "f--ked-up document," one of the news outlet's investigative reporters says. Published April 29, 2019
J.D. Gordon: GOP platform started ‘collusion’ trail
J.D. Gordon, a retired Navy commander and former Trump campaign official, says the liberal media and Democrats perpetuated a hoax that distorted what he did as the campaign's director of national security. Published April 28, 2019
Rod Rosenstein, deputy AG, jabs at Barack Obama, James Comey as exit nears
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has taken some pointed jabs at how the Obama administration chose to combat Russian election interference, noting it stayed mostly mum as Moscow hacked Democratic Party computers. Published April 27, 2019
