Rowan Scarborough
Articles by Rowan Scarborough
Trump Jr. Leaker of fake ‘Erickson email’ Wikileaks story knew it was wrong
The attorney for Donald Trump Jr. on Tuesday suggested that whoever leaked to CNN the bogus story on a Wikileaks email did it knowing the story was wrong. Published December 12, 2017
Donald Trump’s lawyers want probe of Bruce Ohr’s Russia dossier ties
President Trump's lawyers are calling for a new special counsel to investigate a senior Justice Department official's role in the infamous and discredited Trump-Russia dossier that was spread around Washington during the election. Published December 12, 2017
Glenn Simpson’s Fusion GPS used Jeffrey Epstein in Donald Trump smear campaign
Fusion GPS, the opposition research firm whose Democrat-financed Russia dossier fueled an FBI investigation into Donald Trump, pitched other stories about the Republican presidential candidate to Washington reporters, including an attempt to tie him to a convicted pedophile who was once buddies with former President Bill Clinton. Published December 10, 2017
Bruce Ohr, who met with dossier author Christopher Steele, to be hauled before Congress
The House Intelligence Committee plans to compel testimony from a career Justice Department attorney who met during the election campaign with the writer of the infamous unverified Trump-Russia dossier. Published December 7, 2017
Erik Prince says Obama placed him under ‘illegal’ surveillance
Erik Prince, the one-time Blackwater USA chief who had a remote role in the Donald Trump campaign, told the House Intelligence Committee that the Barrack Obama administration had him under surveillance and "that's illegal." Published December 6, 2017
Barack Obama’s team worked against Donald Trump
From the moment Donald Trump secured the Republican nomination and then the presidency, national security officials under President Obama have shown themselves to be intense adversaries in public and behind the scenes. Published December 5, 2017
Donald Trump Russia dossier legal despite unproven Christopher Steele claims
The Trump-Russia dossier may be sleazy and inaccurate, but there is no U.S. election law that expressly prohibits such work by a foreign national, the federal government says. Published December 3, 2017
Michael Flynn has nothing to incriminate Trump, president’s legal advisers believe
President Trump's allies are signaling that they believe former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn has no information to incriminate the president. Published December 2, 2017
Justice Department hits BuzzFeed’s claims of protected speech in dossier libel lawsuit
The Justice Department has rejected BuzzFeed's argument in a pending libel lawsuit that its posting of the discredited Trump-Russia dossier and an accompanying story is protected speech. Published November 29, 2017
Democrats pursue Donald Trump prostitute story
House Democrats are trying to prove that President Trump engaged in salacious activities with prostitutes in the swanky Moscow Ritz-Carlton in 2013. He repeatedly has denied any such encounter. Published November 26, 2017
Fusion GPS, Russian dossier firm, paid journalists for work
Fusion GPS, the liberal opposition research firm that funded and distributed the anti-Trump dossier, has paid three journalists for work related to Congress' Russia probe, according to court filings. Published November 24, 2017
Iran’s Syria plan hints at Shiite ‘Red Crescent’ goal
Iran's top military officer signed agreements in Syria last month that will keep Iranian forces there indefinitely with a pledge to help the Bashar Assad regime rebuild damaged military bases, according to the main opposition group to Tehran's Islamic rulers. Published November 22, 2017
Democrats give Russia dossier on Donald Trump false credit
Democrats have sometimes given credit to the infamous Trump-Russia dossier for inside information that already had been made public. Published November 19, 2017
Jared Kushner attorney lashes out at bipartisan Senate duo for manufacturing ‘media event’
The attorney for senior White House aide Jared Kushner is blasting two long-time Republican and Democratic senators for creating a "media event" with their public complaint that Mr. Kushner failed to turn over all pertinent emails. Published November 18, 2017
Republicans want criminal probe of Democratic funding of Trump-Russia dossier
Republicans want to know to what degree did the Trump-Russia dossier become the spark for starting an investigation now in the hands of special counsel Robert Mueller. Published November 15, 2017
Adam Schiff persists with Russia dossier investigation
Rep. Adam B. Schiff, who is leading House Democrats' inquisition into Trump-Russia collusion, has not given up on proving that his party's financed, Kremlin-sourced dossier is true. Published November 12, 2017
James Amos found guilty of unlawful command influence in infamous urine desecration case
A military appeals court has sharply rebuked the former commandant of the Marine Corps, saying now-retired Gen. James Amos committed "an unusually flagrant example" of unlawful command influence in an infamous 2011 Taliban corpse desecration case. Published November 10, 2017
Trump dossier use by FBI decried by Carter Page in questioning
The congressional testimony of Trump-Russia figure Carter Page shows that a Democratic-financed dossier can dominate how FBI agents question witnesses. Published November 7, 2017
Journalist pay questioned in Russian dossier court cases
The role of reporters is taking on added importance in federal court battles over the infamous Russian dossier that leveled unverified charges of collusion against the Donald Trump campaign. Published November 5, 2017
Hillary Clinton defends Trump dossier as opposition research, makes dubious claims about its release
Hillary Clinton says the infamous Democratic-financed, Russian-sourced dossier did not "come out" during the election. Published November 2, 2017