Rowan Scarborough
Articles by Rowan Scarborough
Ex-Trump adviser bemoans ‘smear campaign’ against GOP, NRA over Maria Butina connections
President Trump's former campaign national security adviser is decrying a "Trump-Russia smear campaign in miniature" that has erupted in the media over Republican contacts with accused Moscow agent Maria Butina. Published August 3, 2018
Peter Strzok, anti-Trump FBI agent, allowed to declassify documents after joining Mueller probe
New internal emails show that anti-Trump FBI agent Peter Strzok demanded to preserve all the powers he held as a deputy assistant director as he agreed to move to special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe in 2017. Published August 1, 2018
FBI investigation of Trump, Russia dossier in third year
Two years ago on July 31, 2016, the FBI took the momentous step of opening a counterintelligence investigation into Donald Trump's presidential campaign. Published July 30, 2018
James Comey ordered to preserve his government documents
The Department of Justice has ordered former FBI Director James B. Comey to preserve any government records in his possession, a watchdog group says. Published July 29, 2018
Judge orders Fusion GPS deposition in libel suit against BuzzFeed
Fusion GPS, the impresario of the infamous Christopher Steele dossier, must undergo a deposition in a libel suit brought by a Russian entrepreneur, a federal judge ruled this week. Published July 28, 2018
Hillary Clinton used Christopher Steele’s Trump-Russia dossier that campaign paid for
The Clinton campaign received a steady flow of briefings on its paid-for Christopher Steele dossier, whose unverified Trump-Russia collusion charges made their way into election news stories and Clinton talking points. Published July 26, 2018
Rep. Devin Nunes, House intel committee want its Russia hacking report declassified
A House committee wants intelligence agencies to declassify the censored parts of its final report on Moscow election interference in light of the fact that special counsel Robert Mueller's indictment this month of 12 Russians contains some of the same information. Published July 24, 2018
FBI used anti-Trump media to obtain spy warrants on Carter Page, campaign
The FBI continued to tell judges that dossier writer Christopher Steele wasn't the source of a news article the bureau used to corroborate a wiretap application when in fact Mr. Steele had publicly acknowledged that he fed the anti-Trump story. Published July 22, 2018
Conservative groups: Trump’s actions prove he’s tough on Russia, friendly to Eastern European allies
In response to Democrats' charges of Trump treason at the Helsinki summit, conservative research groups have documented a series of the president's anti-Russia moves both economically and on the battlefield the past two years. Published July 21, 2018
Christopher Steele contradicts U.S. on election hacking funding
Dossier writer Christopher Steele's assertion that Moscow bankrolled its election hacking through laundered pension funds via Russian diplomats in Washington isn't supported by two official U.S. reports. Published July 18, 2018
Maria Butina charged with acting as illegal agent
The Justice Department on Monday charged that a Russian woman acted as an illegal agent of Moscow to influence U.S. politicians and advocacy groups, including the National Rifle Association. Published July 16, 2018
Maria Butina, Russian operative, arrested for trying to infiltrate U.S. political organizations
The Justice Department on Monday charged that a Russian woman acted as an illegal agent of Moscow to influence U.S. politicians and advocacy groups, including the National Rifle Association. Published July 16, 2018
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FBI Deputy Assistant Director Peter Strzok testified at a House hearing Thursday. (Associated Press)](https://twt-thumbs.washtimes.com/media/image/2018/07/12/Trump_Russia_Probe_Congress_43098.jpg-13736_c0-337-5243-3392_s652x380.jpg?be3e949142ba6d8744a062a01d997e5b18fb7511)
Peter Strzok explains Russia dossier route from Hillary Clinton campaign to FBI
The lengths to which the FBI relied on the Hillary Clinton opposition research dossier to investigate her political rival came into sharper focus with the testimony of the lead investigator, FBI agent Peter Strzok. Published July 15, 2018
Russian tech whiz claims Mueller indictment of Kremlin officers vindicates him
A Russian tech entrepreneur accused in the infamous Christopher Steele dossier says Friday's indictment of 12 Kremlin intelligence officers exonerates him. Published July 14, 2018
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Hassan Rouhani OK’d Paris bomb plot: National Council of Resistance of Iran
The Europe-based opposition to Iran's ruling mullahs charged on Thursday that the plot to bomb its annual resistance rally near Paris on June 30 was approved by Iran's highest leaders. Published July 12, 2018
BuzzFeed’s Ben Smith mediation snub sends dossier lawsuit to trial
The first face-to-face encounter between anti-Trump dossier publisher Ben Smith and one of its targets, Russian entrepreneur Aleksej Gubarev, was set to happen last month in a New York City law office. Published July 11, 2018
How Mueller’s team and the FBI served up Paul Manafort to Associated Press reporters
The FBI and Justice Department officials gave Associated Press reporters a green light on information they gathered which ended up in a negative story on former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort. Published July 10, 2018
Paul Manafort lawyer asks for trial to be moved to Roanoke
Alexandria, Virginia, is too liberal to seat impartial jurors for the money-laundering trial of President Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort later this month, his lawyer says. Published July 8, 2018
Devin Nunes wants wide House probe of 42 Obama-era anti-Trump activists
Rep. Devin Nunes is referring 42 Obama administration officials, FBI agents and outside political activists to a House task force for an investigation into how the Justice Department targeted the Donald Trump campaign. Published July 7, 2018
Michael Cohen says Russian collusion charges against him are false
Trump personal attorney Michael Cohen distanced himself from the president during an ABC News exclusive interview, but on one point he remains unchanged: He played no role in Russian government election interference. Published July 4, 2018
