Rowan Scarborough
Articles by Rowan Scarborough
Devin Nunes wants wide House probe of 42 Obama-era anti-Trump activists
Rep. Devin Nunes is referring 42 Obama administration officials, FBI agents and outside political activists to a House task force for an investigation into how the Justice Department targeted the Donald Trump campaign. Published July 7, 2018
Michael Cohen says Russian collusion charges against him are false
Trump personal attorney Michael Cohen distanced himself from the president during an ABC News exclusive interview, but on one point he remains unchanged: He played no role in Russian government election interference. Published July 4, 2018
Paul Manafort case ruling led to Robert Mueller’s extensive investigation
Understanding why special counsel Robert Mueller has widened his Russia investigation beyond the 2016 presidential election may require perusing a federal judge's opinion on June 26 in the Paul Manafort case. Published July 1, 2018
Paul Manafort files emergency petition to win release from jail
Paul Manafort has filed an emergency petition with the U.S. Court of Appeals in D.C. to win release from jail a month before his first trial is to begin in Alexandria. Published June 29, 2018
‘Even a blind person’ can see Mueller using Manafort to ‘target’ Trump: federal judge
A federal judge says "even a blind person" can see that special counsel Robert Mueller is prosecuting Paul Manafort as a way to acquire evidence against his "true target," President Trump. Published June 28, 2018
Bill Clinton says Loretta Lynch meeting on tarmac was innocent
Former President Bill Clinton told investigators that he didn't think the investigation into wife Hillary Clinton's emails "amounted to much, frankly" and thus found nothing wrong with initiating an impromptu meeting with the attorney general on a Phoenix airport tarmac. Published June 24, 2018
Michael Cohen denies being in league with Tom Arnold to bring down Donald Trump
Michael Cohen is dismissing media speculation that he has joined in an alliance with caustic anti-Trump actor/comedian Tom Arnold to bring down the president. Published June 23, 2018
Kansas is ground zero of illegal voting, yet federal judge issues reprieve
Hundreds and perhaps thousands of non-citizens are illegally registered to vote in Kansas, a state that is at ground-zero in the conservative effort to police voter rolls and the liberal campaign to protect them. Published June 23, 2018
Carter Page, subjected to FBI’s ‘reign of terror,’ offers to lead agents’ anti-bias training
Much-investigated Carter Page is volunteering to help the FBI conduct its planned nation-wide anti-political bias training, saying he is an expert on the bureau's "reign of terror" against him. Published June 19, 2018
Christopher Steele, Trump dossier writer, grilled by authorities as part of lawsuit
Anti-Trump dossier writer Christopher Steele on Monday underwent his first adversarial questioning since his unverified charges were posted by BuzzFeed in January 2017. Published June 18, 2018
Peter Strzok’s Donald Trump messages trouble Michael Horowitz
FBI agent Peter Strzok put the Trump-Russia investigation on a fast track during the 2016 election season at the same time he was sending text messages to his lover condemning the Republican presidential candidate as an "idiot" and vowing to "stop" him. Published June 17, 2018
Senate Security director leaked anti-Page information, says indictment
Former Trump campaign volunteer Carter Page has been pursued by Christopher Steele and his dossier, the FBI, Democrats and Russia collusion-minded media. He has proclaimed his innocence throughout the two-year inquisition. Last week, he learned he had another adversary, this one hidden. Published June 10, 2018
A Washington story of a fast-tracked reporter, her source and their secret romance
Reporter Ali Watkins, age 22, made an immediate imprint on Washington journalism in 2014, helping McClatchy News win Pulitzer honors for an insider story about the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. But today her reputation, and possibly her career, is in tatters due to revelations of sleeping with a source. Published June 9, 2018
Paul Manafort’s bail hinges on witness messages’ content
Whether Paul Manafort remains in home confinement or goes to prison rests on the content of several brief communications he conducted last winter with a former business associate. Published June 7, 2018
Trump lawyers point to NBC interview in Russia probe
Among the collection of what President Trump calls "fake news" about the Russia probe, his lawyers point to one in particular: a prime-time White House interview with NBC News anchor Lester Holt on May 11, 2017. Published June 5, 2018
Fred Fleitz, John Bolton recruit, in SPLC ‘smear campaign’
The White House is strongly defending Fred Fleitz, a former CIA analyst picked for the pivotal role of National Security Council chief of staff, in the face of strident criticism from what conservatives say are left-wing, pro-Obama pressure groups. Published June 3, 2018
Glenn Simpson accused of lying to Congress by Sen. Charles Grassley
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley is suggesting Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson uttered an "outright lie" when he testified to panel staffers. Published May 31, 2018
Comey violated FBI’s own rulebook by using Trump campaign ‘spy’
The FBI's own guidelines restrict the deployment of informants to spy on Americans, such as the bureau's decision to plant a human source among Donald Trump's presidential campaign aides. Published May 30, 2018
Democrats’ and media’s Trump-Russia collusion narrative falls apart
The narrative at the heart of the Democrats' and media's Trump-Russia collusion charges has all but collapsed, according to an examination of the year-old official public record. Published May 27, 2018
Stefan Halper FBI informant revelation underscores MI6 ties to shadowy Trump investigations
Britain's spy service's connections to shadowy investigations into Donald Trump have grown stronger with the revelation that academic Stefan Halper was spying on the president's campaign and doing it on British soil. Published May 21, 2018