Rowan Scarborough

Rowan Scarborough spent over 30 years at The Washington Times covering national security, including the Democrats' "Russia Hoax." He wrote two books, "Rumsfeld's War" and "Sabotage." A Navy veteran, Mr. Scarborough graduated summa cum laude from the University of Maryland. He reported for The Salisbury (Md.) Daily Times, Wilmington (Del.) News Journal and Defense Week.

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Articles by Rowan Scarborough

Democrats falsehoods on Trump Russia involvement exposed by Mueller report

President Trump has been labeled repeatedly as a Moscow agent by top Democrats and their intelligence officers, but in special counsel Robert Mueller's report he comes up clean. Published May 26, 2019

Donald Trump associates weigh defamation lawsuits over Russia probe

Trump associates are contemplating lawsuits against the people who they believe defamed them in the Russia election collusion investigation. Published May 22, 2019

Michael Cohen: Trump received no Russia loans

President Trump's former attorney and real estate adviser has told Congress he isn't aware of any Russian money ever coming into Trump Organization as investments or loans. Published May 21, 2019

Paul Manafort Russia conspiracy rejected by Mueller report

Paul Manafort is in prison for tax fraud, leaving behind a series of unproven Russia conspiracy allegations that his supporters say wrongly branded him a tool of Moscow. Published May 19, 2019

Liberal media bent on destroying John Bolton, former aide says

The former chief of staff for White House national security adviser John Bolton says the press is trying to destroy his ex-boss with a "false narrative" from anonymous sources. Published May 16, 2019

Christopher Steele, dossier author, made false felony charges against Donald Trump associates

Democratic Party-financed operative Christopher Steele secretly made false felony charges against President Trump associates that weren't included in his infamous public dossier, according to an analysis of a State Department internal memo. Published May 14, 2019

George Papadopoulos says Mueller report ‘shows that I was clearly set up’

George Papadopoulos, whose London networking triggered the FBI to unleash "Crossfire Hurricane" at the Trump campaign, was the wrong man. Published May 12, 2019

Russia funded Trump’s 1990s financial recovery, Joe Lockhart claims

Joe Lockhart, President Bill Clinton's press secretary, has a conspiracy spin on President Trump's financial problems in the 1980s-90s: Russia and Vladimir Putin. Published May 9, 2019

FBI refuses to reveal if Daniel Jones Alfa Bank server research exists

The FBI has turned down a request from The Washington Times to disclose whether it has received any opposition research from Daniel J. Jones, the former Senate Democratic staffer who raised $50 million to investigate President Trump. Published May 8, 2019

William T. Walters’ appeal puts illegal FBI media leaks in Supreme Court crosshairs

William T. Walters' petition to the Supreme Court paints an unflattering picture of how the New York FBI field office leaked to The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times to pressure the defendant. Published May 7, 2019

Robert Mueller report cites Trump-Russia election conspiracy stories in media

Special counsel Robert Mueller relied on the media to feed his Russian election interference report, citing scores of stories mostly from news outlets that promoted the debunked Trump-Kremlin election conspiracy. Published May 5, 2019

White House counsel Emmet Flood derides Mueller report for failing to ‘comply’ with DOJ regulations

White House counsel Emmet Flood has denounced the Mueller report, saying it was written in such a way that disregarded DOJ guidelines and that essentially created an "inverted burden of proof" regarding the factual record. Published May 4, 2019

John Dowd slams ‘unprofessional’ Robert Mueller for sending ‘snitty’ letter to Barr

President Trump's former defense attorney says it was an "unprofessional" for Robert Mueller to send a protest letter to Attorney General William Barr that later leaked to the press. Published May 2, 2019

BuzzFeed reporter: Anti-Trump dossier a ‘f—-ked up document’

The anti-Trump dossier published by BuzzFeed on Jan. 10, 2017, was a "f--ked-up document," one of the news outlet's investigative reporters says. Published April 29, 2019

J.D. Gordon: GOP platform started ‘collusion’ trail

J.D. Gordon, a retired Navy commander and former Trump campaign official, says the liberal media and Democrats perpetuated a hoax that distorted what he did as the campaign's director of national security. Published April 28, 2019

Rod Rosenstein, deputy AG, jabs at Barack Obama, James Comey as exit nears

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has taken some pointed jabs at how the Obama administration chose to combat Russian election interference, noting it stayed mostly mum as Moscow hacked Democratic Party computers. Published April 27, 2019

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange threaten with charges from Mueller report

Special counsel Robert Mueller's report specifically implicates WikiLeaks' founder -- the now-jailed Julian Assange -- in the direct cybertransfers of stolen Democratic Party documents from hackers in Russian military intelligence to his anti-secrecy group. Published April 23, 2019