Rowan Scarborough
Articles by Rowan Scarborough
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
Paul Manafort case ruling led to Robert Mueller’s extensive investigation
Understanding why special counsel Robert Mueller has widened his Russia investigation beyond the 2016 presidential election may require perusing a federal judge's opinion on June 26 in the Paul Manafort case. Published July 1, 2018
Paul Manafort files emergency petition to win release from jail
Paul Manafort has filed an emergency petition with the U.S. Court of Appeals in D.C. to win release from jail a month before his first trial is to begin in Alexandria. Published June 29, 2018
‘Even a blind person’ can see Mueller using Manafort to ‘target’ Trump: federal judge
A federal judge says "even a blind person" can see that special counsel Robert Mueller is prosecuting Paul Manafort as a way to acquire evidence against his "true target," President Trump. Published June 28, 2018
Bill Clinton says Loretta Lynch meeting on tarmac was innocent
Former President Bill Clinton told investigators that he didn't think the investigation into wife Hillary Clinton's emails "amounted to much, frankly" and thus found nothing wrong with initiating an impromptu meeting with the attorney general on a Phoenix airport tarmac. Published June 24, 2018
Michael Cohen denies being in league with Tom Arnold to bring down Donald Trump
Michael Cohen is dismissing media speculation that he has joined in an alliance with caustic anti-Trump actor/comedian Tom Arnold to bring down the president. Published June 23, 2018
