Rowan Scarborough
Articles by Rowan Scarborough
Dabney Friedrich refutes mother’s anonymous accusations against Kavanaugh sent to Senate
A woman who dated Brett Kavanaugh in 1998 has told the Senate Judiciary Committee that he never mistreated her, as alleged in an anonymous letter sent to Sen. Cory Gardner, Colorado Republican. Published September 27, 2018
Blasey Ford asks Senate to limit press access for Kavanaugh hearing
Christine Blasey Ford's lawyers have asked senators to limit the press who will be allowed in the room to cover Thursday's hearing with her and Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and sought to dictate at least some of the outlets. Published September 25, 2018
James Comey’s FBI pushed anti-Trump dossier for official record inclusion
The FBI pushed in 2016 to include the discredited dossier into the official intelligence community assessment that Russia interfered in the election to help Donald Trump and hurt Hillary Clinton, two former senior officials said. Published September 19, 2018
State Department bureaucrat caught plotting ‘deep state’ resistance: Project Veritas
Project Veritas has caught a State Department bureaucrat on hidden camera proclaiming he is part of the anti-Trump opposition and his job is to "resist everything" at "every level." Published September 18, 2018
Donald Trump orders declassification of Russia probe documents
President Trump on Monday ordered the declassification of FISA court documents and Justice Department text messages related to the Russia probe. Published September 17, 2018
Aleksej Gubarev questions Christopher Steele dossier mention
For entrepreneur Aleksej Gubarev, the most puzzling question in the Russia election meddling investigation is how a low-profile computing wizard like himself end up an accused man in the infamous Christopher Steele dossier. Published September 16, 2018
Russia news stories coincided with Obama loyalist leaks
Early 2017, the dawn of the Trump era in Washington, saw an intense rush of Russia news stories, fed by what conservatives call the "deep state" determined to brand the new president as an election colluder. Looking back, those stories seem to have coincided with evidence unearthed by a House Republican task force. Published September 12, 2018
Bob Woodward’s ‘Fear’ exonerates Donald Trump on two ballyhooed Russia-related stories
Two of the more sensational Russia probe stories targeting President Trump are rebutted in Bob Woodward's unflattering book on the president. Published September 12, 2018
John Brennan endorsed anti-Trump Steele dossier: Bob Woodward
Then-CIA Director John O. Brennan endorsed the Christopher Steele dossier when he acquired a copy in December 2016, saying it matched the Russia collusion charges from his sources, according to "Fear," a Bob Woodward book on the Donald Trump presidency that debuted Tuesday. Published September 11, 2018
Peter Strzok, Lisa Page conspired to leak anti-Trump stories to mainstream media
FBI agent Peter Strzok conspired with his in-house lover to leak anti-Trump stories to the media in spring 2017 when he headed the Russia probe into the Trump campaign, a congressman said on Monday. Published September 10, 2018
Bruce Ohr notes contradict Glenn Simpson on Donald Trump, Russia collusion theory
Fusion GPS founder Glenn R. Simpson pushed a conspiracy theory to the Justice Department that posited Donald Trump maintained a computer server in 2016 directly linked to the Kremlin-connected Alfa Bank in Moscow, according to government notes obtained by The Washington Times. Published September 9, 2018
Navy’s top lawyer found guilty of unlawful command influence in sex assault case
The military's highest court has found the Navy's top legal officer guilty of unlawful command influence and because of it threw out the sexual assault conviction of a decorated Navy SEAL. Published September 6, 2018
FBI document shows agents lacked confidence in anti-Trump dossier author Steele
The FBI judged Christopher Steele's anti-Trump information as only "minimally corroborated," according to a declassified document. Published September 6, 2018
Lanny Davis pushes Donald Trump’s removal from office via 25th Amendment, cites Bustle.com article
While Lanny Davis promotes Michael Cohen as the man who could bring down the president, the Democratic operative also has made an argument for the removal of President Trump. Mr. Davis, long a fierce defender of Bill and Hillary Clinton, said Mr. Trump is -- in a word -- nuts. His argument is based in part on a women's magazine article by Brandi Neal, a self-described storyteller who also writes about pet psychology. Published September 4, 2018
John Dowd slams Bob Woodward’s book as full of ‘misrepresentations’
John Dowd, President Trump's former attorney, hit back hard on Tuesday against a new Bob Woodward Book that said Mr. Dowd referred to the president as a "liar." Published September 4, 2018
Michael Cohen denied Donald Trump-Russia collusion to Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen emphatically stated a year ago that he saw no evidence that the president colluded with Russia during the campaign. His words to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Sept. 19, 2017, have important meaning today. Published August 27, 2018
Adam Lovinger’s security clearance case unusual at Pentagon
The yearlong move to strip Trump-supporting defense analyst Adam Lovinger of his top-secret security clearance and end his career attracted the unusual involvement of top-level Pentagon officials, his attorney says. Published August 26, 2018
Iranians charged with spying on Jews in U.S. raise specter of assassination plots here
The Justice Department has charged two Iranians with spying on Jewish and opposition groups in the U.S., and the court documents suggest Tehran's hard-line Islamic regime is hunting for bombing and assassination targets. Published August 21, 2018
Adam Lovinger loses security clearance after Stefan Halper complaints; Judical Watch sues Pentagon
A conservative watchdog group has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Adam Lovinger, the Trump-supporting Pentagon analyst whose security clearance was revoked. Mr. Lovinger had complained internally about lucrative contracts going to Stefan Halper, the FBI informant who spied on the president's campaign. Published August 20, 2018
John Dowd says Don McGahn didn’t implicate Donald Trump in Robert Mueller interviews
President Trump's former attorney, John Dowd, says White House counsel Donald McGahn didn't implicate the president in any wrongdoing when he sat down for extensive interviews with the special counsel Robert Mueller's team. Published August 19, 2018