Rowan Scarborough
Articles by Rowan Scarborough
Don McGahn leak shows Robert Mueller team ‘panicking,’ Rudy Giuliani says
Trump attorney Rudolph W. Giuliani refuted speculation Sunday that White House counsel Donald McGahn had flipped on President Trump, accusing "desperate" investigators of leaking information about the attorney's cooperation with the special counsel in order to lure the president into a perjury trap. Published August 19, 2018
Maltese professor questioned in Russia probe eluded arrest thanks to Papadopoulos: Court filing
FBI agents in the Russia probe had thoughts of arresting a mysterious Maltese professor, but he left the United States before they had gathered sufficient evidence, according to a court filing by special counsel Robert Mueller. Published August 18, 2018
Richard Burr blasts John Brennan for Russian collusion claim
Sen. Richard Burr, who leads the Senate Selective Committee on Intelligence, issued a sharp rebuke of former CIA Director John Brennan, saying that if he has evidence of Russian collusion he should have presented it to his panel. Published August 17, 2018
Adam Lovinger, Pentagon analyst, lost security clearance after Stefan Halper complaints
A Trump-supporting Pentagon analyst was stripped of his security clearance by Obama-appointed officials after he complained of questionable government contracts to Stefan Halper, the FBI informant who spied on the Trump presidential campaign. Published August 15, 2018
Peter Strzok became the face of Mueller’s Trump-Russia probe
Fired FBI agent Peter Strzok became the public face of a two-year Russia investigation that President Trump loyalists say is filled with biased investigators and bogus charges. Published August 13, 2018
Peter Strzok fired from the FBI for anti-Trump texts
FBI agent Peter Strzok became a face of anti-Trump resistance within the government. It's now cost him his job. Mr. Strzok confirmed Monday that he had been fired from the FBI, months after an internal watchdog revealed damning text messages he exchanged with paramour and fellow FBI employee Lisa Page vowing to "stop" Donald Trump's rise to the White House. Published August 13, 2018
Bruce Ohr called on Christopher Steele talks
Republicans in a joint session of House committees are set to interview former Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Ohr this month to gauge whether a complex conspiracy against Donald Trump existed among Hillary Clinton loyalists and the Justice Department. Published August 12, 2018
Christopher Steele broke FBI media rules after being ‘admonished’: Documents
The FBI formally admonished ex-British spy Christopher Steele in early 2016 before he began investigating candidate Donald Trump, according to new documents. Published August 4, 2018
Ex-Trump adviser bemoans ‘smear campaign’ against GOP, NRA over Maria Butina connections
President Trump's former campaign national security adviser is decrying a "Trump-Russia smear campaign in miniature" that has erupted in the media over Republican contacts with accused Moscow agent Maria Butina. Published August 3, 2018
Peter Strzok, anti-Trump FBI agent, allowed to declassify documents after joining Mueller probe
New internal emails show that anti-Trump FBI agent Peter Strzok demanded to preserve all the powers he held as a deputy assistant director as he agreed to move to special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe in 2017. Published August 1, 2018
FBI investigation of Trump, Russia dossier in third year
Two years ago on July 31, 2016, the FBI took the momentous step of opening a counterintelligence investigation into Donald Trump's presidential campaign. Published July 30, 2018
James Comey ordered to preserve his government documents
The Department of Justice has ordered former FBI Director James B. Comey to preserve any government records in his possession, a watchdog group says. Published July 29, 2018
Judge orders Fusion GPS deposition in libel suit against BuzzFeed
Fusion GPS, the impresario of the infamous Christopher Steele dossier, must undergo a deposition in a libel suit brought by a Russian entrepreneur, a federal judge ruled this week. Published July 28, 2018
Hillary Clinton used Christopher Steele’s Trump-Russia dossier that campaign paid for
The Clinton campaign received a steady flow of briefings on its paid-for Christopher Steele dossier, whose unverified Trump-Russia collusion charges made their way into election news stories and Clinton talking points. Published July 26, 2018
Rep. Devin Nunes, House intel committee want its Russia hacking report declassified
A House committee wants intelligence agencies to declassify the censored parts of its final report on Moscow election interference in light of the fact that special counsel Robert Mueller's indictment this month of 12 Russians contains some of the same information. Published July 24, 2018
FBI used anti-Trump media to obtain spy warrants on Carter Page, campaign
The FBI continued to tell judges that dossier writer Christopher Steele wasn't the source of a news article the bureau used to corroborate a wiretap application when in fact Mr. Steele had publicly acknowledged that he fed the anti-Trump story. Published July 22, 2018
Conservative groups: Trump’s actions prove he’s tough on Russia, friendly to Eastern European allies
In response to Democrats' charges of Trump treason at the Helsinki summit, conservative research groups have documented a series of the president's anti-Russia moves both economically and on the battlefield the past two years. Published July 21, 2018
Christopher Steele contradicts U.S. on election hacking funding
Dossier writer Christopher Steele's assertion that Moscow bankrolled its election hacking through laundered pension funds via Russian diplomats in Washington isn't supported by two official U.S. reports. Published July 18, 2018
Maria Butina charged with acting as illegal agent
The Justice Department on Monday charged that a Russian woman acted as an illegal agent of Moscow to influence U.S. politicians and advocacy groups, including the National Rifle Association. Published July 16, 2018
Maria Butina, Russian operative, arrested for trying to infiltrate U.S. political organizations
The Justice Department on Monday charged that a Russian woman acted as an illegal agent of Moscow to influence U.S. politicians and advocacy groups, including the National Rifle Association. Published July 16, 2018