Rowan Scarborough
Articles by Rowan Scarborough
Robert Mueller, media clash on Trump-Russia collusion
Special counsel Robert Mueller's no-conspiracy finding casts doubt on the liberal media's widely reported allegations that Trump campaign officials conducted a steady stream of secret communications with Kremlin intelligence during the 2016 election. Published April 7, 2019
Robert Mueller dismissed Paul Manafort-WikiLeaks collusion in plea deal, source says
During a cooperation agreement, special counsel Robert Mueller didn't ask Paul Manafort about allegations he had visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in London in 2016, according to a source familiar with the case. Published April 2, 2019
Michael Cohen clears up various conspiracy stories
During his two-year passage from President Trump loyalist to convicted criminal and prosecution witness, Michael Cohen is unique in the number of conspiracies imprinted on him by Democrats. Published March 31, 2019
Nellie Ohr, Fusion GPS researcher, admits she’d turn down chance to investigate Hillary
A key anti-Trump researcher for dossier orchestrator Fusion GPS told Congress she would shy away from conducting similar Russia research into Hillary Clinton, according to an interview transcript. Published March 30, 2019
Adam Schiff confronted by Republicans on House intel panel: ‘No faith in your ability’
Republicans on Thursday directly confronted House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Adam B. Schiff for his two years of conspiracy charges against President Trump, urging him to resign because they "have no faith in your ability to discharge your duties." Published March 28, 2019
Adam Schiff, House Intelligence Committee chairman, pressed to resign after Mueller report
Donald Trump supporters caught up, but not charged, in a 34-month Russia investigation point to March 20, 2017, as the day their troubles really started. Published March 27, 2019
These are the things Trump and his associates didn’t do
Special counsel Robert Mueller's exoneration of President Trump and his campaign on collusion charges means that a series of allegations over the past two years are not true. Published March 25, 2019
Robert Mueller counters media reports on 6 Trump aides
In the cases of six Trump associates charged by special counsel Robert Mueller, the thick court files are virtually devoid of any campaign communications with known Russian government officials during the election, an analysis shows. Published March 24, 2019
Mueller probe’s outcome vindicates liberal pariah Devin Nunes
Special counsel Robert Mueller's historic decision to end his Russia probe on Friday without filing election conspiracy charges against any Trump associate is vindication for Rep. Devin Nunes. Published March 23, 2019
Christopher Steele, dossier author, led anti-Trump media push after 2016 election
Dossier creator Christopher Steele had a far greater role in trying to sell his anti-Trump charges to Washington's journalism establishment than previously known, a court filing shows. Published March 18, 2019
Mueller probe pursues Russia collusion leads, but issues remain
Special counsel Robert Mueller has been pursuing several Russia collusion leads even as a number of media outlets say his final report is due soon, according to court filings and sources. Published March 17, 2019
David Kramer spread Steele dossier around Washington during Trump transition
David Kramer, the John McCain aide who leaked the discredited Christopher Steele dossier on President Trump, testified in a libel case that he spread the unsubstantiated anti-Trump material all over Washington during the presidential transition. Published March 14, 2019
John Dowd slams federal judge in Paul Manafort sentencing
President Trump's former defense attorney lambasted the judge in the Paul Manafort case for saying at his sentencing on Wednesday that the issue of Russian collusion had no bearing on his fraud case. Published March 13, 2019
Aleksej Gubarev wants court to delay release of documents in lawsuit against BuzzFeed
A new legal fight erupted in a two-year-old libel case between BuzzFeed and a Russian entrepreneur that could delay this week's scheduled release of anti-Trump dossier creator Christopher Steele's deposition transcript. Published March 11, 2019
Donald Trump-Alfa Bank server conspiracy interest drops
Amid all the Trump-Russia conspiracy stories -- such as prostitutes in Moscow, a secret trip to Prague and hush money to computer hackers -- Democrats seem to have lost interest in at least one of them. Published March 10, 2019
Fusion GPS founder provided mounds of anti-Trump data to Justice Dept.
Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson, who orchestrated the anti-Trump dossier, provided the Justice Department with a thumb drive in December 2016 containing company's opposition research into the president. Published March 8, 2019
Michael Cohen, not Donald Trump, came up with false date for Moscow hotel talks
Lanny Davis said Wednesday that it was his client, Michael Cohen, who authored the false January date for ending hotel talks with Moscow, not the president's lawyers as he testified last week. Published March 7, 2019
Norman Eisen and Barry Berke, Democrats’ legal advisers, float Trump conspiracies in impeachment bid
The two special legal advisers hired by Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee have endorsed a wide view for charging President Trump with what could be impeachable offenses, an analysis of their writings shows. Published March 6, 2019
Daniel Goldman, Trump dossier fan, named House intelligence committee director of investigations
Daniel Goldman, the man whom Rep. Adam Schiff has hired as the new director of investigations for the House intelligence committee, is a big proponent of the discarded dossier about President Trump, tweeting as recently as Dec. 27 that "nothing has been undermined thus far." Published March 5, 2019
Hoda Muthana’s social media messages on MEMRI record
A research group that monitors jihadi social media has assembled a detailed dossier on Hoda Muthana, the former Alabama resident who embraced mass killings as a three-time Islamic State bride in Syria but now wants to return to America. Published March 3, 2019
