Rowan Scarborough
Articles by Rowan Scarborough
FBI spied on Giuliani, Trump iCloud chats during impeachment hearings, says lawyer
Rudolph W. Giuliani says that the FBI secretly spied on his Apple iCloud account beginning in late 2019 when he was having regular messaging conversations with his client, President Trump, during House impeachment proceedings. Published May 1, 2021
Foreign Agents Registration Act, law used against Trump allies, now at center of Giuliani probe
The FBI and federal prosecutors have wielded the Foreign Agents Registration Act as a prime weapon against Donald Trump allies, unleashing it again Wednesday to justify raiding the apartment and law office of his one-time lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani. Published April 29, 2021
Georgia officials dismiss group’s analysis of presidential votes
A group of former Trump campaign staffers has not given up trying to show that their candidate won Georgia in the 2020 presidential election, though their new report is being dismissed by a state elections official as "innuendo and speculation." Published April 27, 2021
FBI use facial recognition, undercover operations to nab Capitol invaders
The number of U.S. Capitol invaders charged with crimes has topped 400, Justice Department records show, and in a recent case the FBI disclosed new twists in identifying and ensnaring a suspect. Published April 25, 2021
Devin Nunes’ Trump dossier document thrust back into spotlight
Rep. Devin Nunes released a groundbreaking document in early 2018 that shook up Washington and proved to be the beginning of the end of the Trump-Russia conspiracy industry. Published April 21, 2021
Republicans highlight Antifa violence Democrats ignore
Republicans are banking on public congressional hearings to spotlight the violence carried out by left-wing Antifa radicals in the face of what they see as denial by national media, Democrats and the Biden administration. Published April 18, 2021
Devin Nunes warns intel chiefs against targeting Americans, ‘particularly Republicans’
Republicans are putting the Biden intelligence chiefs on notice that their agencies are moving dangerously close to spying on Americans in the U.S. Published April 16, 2021
Joseph and Alise Cua, parents of Capitol rioter Bruno Cua, renounce Trump’s ‘Stop the Steal’
A Christian family from suburban Atlanta is renouncing Donald Trump's "Stop the Steal" campaign for which they trekked as devout supporters with their teenage son to Washington on Jan. 6. Published April 14, 2021
Number of U.S. foster parents declining as need rises with unaccompanied immigrant kids
U.S. demand for foster parents is "at an all-time high," an advocacy group says, as the influx of unaccompanied minors crossing the southern border is breaking records. Published April 11, 2021
Georgia election law allows various IDs for voting
Georgia voters who lack state-issued photo ID cards can still obtain mail-in ballots and vote by providing one of a host of other identification documents, according to a Washington Times analysis of the state's new election law. Published April 8, 2021
Hunter Biden laptop confession confirms intelligence community bias, conservatives say
Hunter Biden's TV interview admission that a laptop filled with family secrets and shady deals "certainly" could be genuine does more than just discredit the Kremlin plot theory. Published April 5, 2021
Georgia election law replaces verifying ballot signatures with checking ID numbers
The Georgia pre-election court settlement with Democrats that so riled former President Donald Trump is essentially gone under the state's new election overhaul law: Verifying mail-in ballot signatures has been replaced by checking voter ID numbers. Published March 30, 2021
SOCOM diversity officer reassigned pending investigation into social media posts
U.S. Special Operations Command has reassigned its first "chief of diversity and inclusion" while it investigates Richard Torres-Estrada's social media posts. Published March 30, 2021
Yes, Georgia voters can drink water while waiting in line
The new Georgia election law allows polling places to provide water to voters in addition to permitting those casting a ballot to bring their own liquid refreshments, an election official tells The Washington Times. Published March 29, 2021
Special Operations Command gets 1st diversity chief
The U.S. command that oversees Navy SEALs, Green Berets, Delta Force and other covert warriors has hired its first "chief of diversity and inclusion." Published March 28, 2021
GOP letter accuses Biden of violating restrictions on domestic snooping
House Republicans who oversee U.S. intelligence are accusing the Biden administration of violating federal law by injecting a counter-foreign terrorist agency into the job of assessing domestic extremism. Published March 25, 2021
Biden violating restrictions on domestic snooping: GOP intel members
House Republicans who oversee U.S. intelligence are accusing the Biden administration of violating federal law by injecting a counter-foreign terrorist agency into the job of assessing domestic extremism. Published March 25, 2021
Ex-FBI agent Strzok repeats false disinformation claims about Republican senators
Fired FBI agent Peter Strzok, whose Crossfire Hurricane probe into the Trump campaign relied on a since-discredited Russia-sourced dossier, is rebooting an unverified Democratic claim that two Republican senators relied on Kremlin disinformation from a Ukrainian politician. Published March 22, 2021
Democrats’ elections bill would end culling inactive voters from rolls, watchdog says
Democrats are putting the brakes on culling outdated voter rolls with the proposed enactment of H.R. 1, a far-reaching, vote-counting overhaul that conservatives say will make the federal election bureaucracy less open and more secret. Published March 17, 2021
Democrats election bill will let noncitizens to register to vote, conservatives warn
The Democrats' election overhaul bill will result in registering noncitizens as new voters even though those U.S. residents are prohibited by federal law from doing so, conservative groups contend. Published March 14, 2021