Rowan Scarborough
Articles by Rowan Scarborough
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
Mueller lacks evidence Manafort colluded with Russia, former Trump chairman’s attorney says
Paul Manafort's attorney says special counsel Robert Mueller was unable to find evidence that Mr. Manafort colluded with Moscow during the 2016 election as he charged him with tax and bank fraud. Published March 2, 2019
Clinton-Obama figures exposed as instigators in Trump-Russia probe during Cohen hearing
As Wednesday's explosive Michael Cohen hearing illustrated, a number of Clinton-Obama figures have been instigators in the Justice Department's 33-month-long Russia probe of President Trump and his family. Published February 28, 2019
Christopher Steele libel trial to begin in fall
Anti-Trump dossier creator Christopher Steele will face a London defamation trial later this year, one of two court cases in which he was forced to produce his first and only on-the-record statements on how he investigated and spread Democratic Party opposition research. Published February 24, 2019
Christopher Steele, dossier discarded by anti-Trump resistance
The infamous anti-Trump dossier, once toasted by the FBI and liberals, has faded from Washington's political dialogue. Published February 21, 2019
Andrew McCabe memoir mum on anti-Trump dossier scandal
Students of the FBI's 32-month Russia investigation will find nothing in Andrew McCabe's new memoir about the document that helped fueled it--the Democratic Party-financed anti-Trump dossier. Published February 19, 2019
Media, politicians increasingly duped by trend of hoaxes
ANALYSIS: "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett's increasingly shaky claim of an anti-gay, pro-Trump beating on the cold and dark streets of Chicago has pointed up a growing trend in America. Published February 18, 2019
Nick Sandmann’s lawyer to file defamation suits this week
The lawyer for Covington Catholic High School junior Nick Sandmann says he will begin filing defamation lawsuits this week, as the Kentucky school's diocese released a private investigative report clearing students of instigating the Jan. 18 incident at the Lincoln Memorial. Published February 17, 2019
Paul Manafort confidant Konstantin Kilimnik not proven to be Russian spy, says judge
Special counsel Robert Mueller hasn't provided evidence to the federal judge overseeing the case of Paul Manafort that his confidant in Ukraine is a Russian spy or tied to its intelligence apparatus, according to a new court transcript. Published February 17, 2019
Paul Manafort lawyers: Ukrainian employee was U.S. asset, not a Russian spy
Paul Manafort's legal team is trying to show that his longtime Ukraine employee was a U.S. asset and not necessarily a Russian spy, as portrayed by special counsel Robert Mueller, a court filing shows. Published February 14, 2019
Adam Schiff to probe Trump, family money laundering
ANALYSIS: Rep. Adam Schiff in 2017 kicked off the House's most publicized hearing into Russia election interference by leveling a number of felony charges against President Trump's associates, citing news reports and a former British intelligence officer's dossier on the Trump campaign. Published February 10, 2019
Not one Republican senator asked intel chiefs about border crisis during ‘threats’ hearing
Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats provided a pessimistic picture of continuing flows of illegal immigrants to the southern border during his appearance before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. But while Republicans asked him a series of questions about Russia, China and cybersecurity under the hearing's agenda of "Worldwide Threats," none brought up what President Trump calls a border "crisis." Published February 6, 2019
House Dems will reinvestigate 2016 election, Russia-Trump allegations
The House intelligence committee announced a wide-ranging probe into President Trump's administration Wednesday, questioning whether he, his children or his businesses have been compromised by foreign agents who have "leverage" over him. Published February 6, 2019
Gina Haspel: Intelligence community ‘pleased’ with Trump’s decision to expel 61 Russian officers
The intelligence community is "very pleased" with President Trump's decision to expel 61 Russian intelligence officers last year, assessing the evictions had "tremendous impact" on Moscow's "ability to hurt us," CIA Director Gina Haspel says. Published February 4, 2019
Roger Stone will face jurors from America’s most anti-Trump electorate
Republican operative Roger Stone is vowing to fight federal charges, meaning he is on course for a courtroom trial whose jurors would come from an electorate hostile to his longtime friend and boss, President Trump. Published February 3, 2019