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Rowan Scarborough

Articles by Rowan Scarborough

Christopher Steele leaves the High Court in London following a hearing in the libel case brought against him. (Associated Press)

Christopher Steele libel trial ends in London

For aficionados of the 2016 Trump-Russia dossier, its creator's defamation trial in London was full of twists and turns, though the plot is relatively simple: Published September 1, 2020

Sen. John McCain, who often confounded colleagues in life, continues to do so in death as senators search for an acceptable honor. (Associated Press)

John McCain associate planned leaks to Post’s Ignatius

The associate of John McCain who spread anti-Trump dossier claims around Washington post-election planned to leak a story to Washington Post columnist David Ignatius about Paul Manafort, according to court testimony. Published August 28, 2020

"Tip of the iceberg is a good way to describe it," Carter Page said. The informal Trump campaign adviser said there are more FBI abuses that will be uncovered. (Associated Press)

Stefan Halper served as father-confessor/spy: Carter Page book

Stefan Halper took on the character of a sympathizing old friend when he met with Carter Page in 2016-17. The FBI confidential source was trying to see if the former Trump volunteer would incriminate himself in Russia collusion. Published August 25, 2020

In this Dec. 1, 2017, photo, former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn leaves federal court in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Stefan Halper, FBI spy, foretold Michael Flynn’s fall, ex-student says

A onetime associate of FBI spy Stefan Halper says the University of Cambridge professor told him that retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn was "unsuitable" for the post of President Trump's national security adviser and added, "I don't think Flynn's going to be around long." Published August 10, 2020

Christopher Steele, a former British spy who wrote a 2016 dossier about alleged links between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, leaves the High Court in London following a hearing in the libel case brought against him by Russian businessman Aleksej Gubarev,  Wednesday July 22, 2020. A key sub-source for material in the Steele dossier has been unmasked: Igor Danchenko, a Ukraine-born think-tank analyst. (Victoria Jones/PA via AP)  **FILE**

Igor Danchenko outed as Steele dossier source

The shadowy figure who funneled information to Christopher Steele for his notorious election year dossier is Igor Danchenko, a Ukraine-born, Russian-educated researcher who worked in the U.S. and traveled to Moscow to find supposed dirt on candidate Donald Trump. Published July 26, 2020

Jose Peraza, sous chef at The Barrel Room, wears a mask while working at the restaurant in San Francisco, Tuesday, July 14, 2020. The Barrel Room, a San Francisco wine bar and restaurant, cautiously reopened this month, hoping to salvage as much of 2020 as possible from the coronavirus pandemic and the lockdowns meant to contain it. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Lockdowns, testing don’t cut COVID deaths: Lancet

Two of the U.S.'s major weapons against the coronavirus---lockdowns and wide testing--do not reduce death rates, according to a study posted in the British medical journal Lancet. Published July 23, 2020

This Tuesday, March 7, 2017, file photo shows Christopher Steele, the former MI6 agent who set up Orbis Business Intelligence and compiled a dossier on Donald Trump, in London. (Victoria Jones/PA via AP) ** FILE **

Christopher Steele Trump dossier relied on mystery man, hearsay

A man of mystery in Moscow who fed a cache of anti-Trump hearsay to Christopher Steele in London for his notorious dossier relied on six sources: five friends and a 30-minute call from an anonymous person he never could identify, a newly declassified FBI document shows. Published July 20, 2020