Rowan Scarborough
Articles by Rowan Scarborough
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
Robert Mueller’s report debunks Russia dossier
The Democratic Party-financed dossier, once celebrated by liberal Washington politicians and journalists, is officially debunked, according to a review of special counsel Robert Mueller's 448-page investigative report. Published April 21, 2019
Carter Page exonerated by Mueller report
Carter Page, for a while the focus of supposed Trump-Russia election collusion, was exonerated by Robert Mueller's report on Thursday. Published April 18, 2019
Donald Trump told Michael Cohen to fully cooperate with Robert Mueller probe
President Trump told attorney Michael Cohen to fully cooperate with Congress, the Mueller report says, contradicting a BuzzFeed report the president ordered him to lie. Published April 18, 2019
Hillary Clinton allies fed FBI Donald Trump-Russia stories
Hillary Clinton loyalists fed the FBI's upper echelon an assortment of anti-Donald Trump criminal accusations during the 2016 campaign and his presidency, according to a string of interview transcripts released in recent weeks. Published April 14, 2019
Christopher Steele and David Kramer clash over Trump dossier media leaks
Two pivotal dossier players, Christopher Steele and David Kramer, have provided strikingly different versions of how eight Washington news outlets were provided with the document's anti-Trump charges during the presidential transition. Published April 10, 2019
Robert Mueller, media clash on Trump-Russia collusion
Special counsel Robert Mueller's no-conspiracy finding casts doubt on the liberal media's widely reported allegations that Trump campaign officials conducted a steady stream of secret communications with Kremlin intelligence during the 2016 election. Published April 7, 2019
Robert Mueller dismissed Paul Manafort-WikiLeaks collusion in plea deal, source says
During a cooperation agreement, special counsel Robert Mueller didn't ask Paul Manafort about allegations he had visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in London in 2016, according to a source familiar with the case. Published April 2, 2019
Michael Cohen clears up various conspiracy stories
During his two-year passage from President Trump loyalist to convicted criminal and prosecution witness, Michael Cohen is unique in the number of conspiracies imprinted on him by Democrats. Published March 31, 2019
Nellie Ohr, Fusion GPS researcher, admits she’d turn down chance to investigate Hillary
A key anti-Trump researcher for dossier orchestrator Fusion GPS told Congress she would shy away from conducting similar Russia research into Hillary Clinton, according to an interview transcript. Published March 30, 2019
Adam Schiff confronted by Republicans on House intel panel: ‘No faith in your ability’
Republicans on Thursday directly confronted House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Adam B. Schiff for his two years of conspiracy charges against President Trump, urging him to resign because they "have no faith in your ability to discharge your duties." Published March 28, 2019
Adam Schiff, House Intelligence Committee chairman, pressed to resign after Mueller report
Donald Trump supporters caught up, but not charged, in a 34-month Russia investigation point to March 20, 2017, as the day their troubles really started. Published March 27, 2019
These are the things Trump and his associates didn’t do
Special counsel Robert Mueller's exoneration of President Trump and his campaign on collusion charges means that a series of allegations over the past two years are not true. Published March 25, 2019
