Rowan Scarborough
Articles by Rowan Scarborough
Harry Reid sent sensitive Trump collusion letter over CIA objections
Then-Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid released a letter in the heat of the 2016 election alleging Trump-Russia collusion even though the CIA director at the time urged him not to, according to a person familiar with their conversation. Published May 12, 2018
Michael Caputo stirs Robert Mueller investigation outrage among Trump supporters
A number of Trump people have made the tour to Washington to sit down for a Russia collusion grilling, but not quite with the flair of Republican media adviser Michael Caputo. With a lawyer at his side and his legal bills threatening his family's well-being, he rolled the dice and won. Published May 6, 2018
Mueller witness Comey contradicted himself on secret Flynn testimony
Fired FBI Director James Comey has repeatedly denied during his book tour that he ever testified that FBI agents concluded that retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn didn't intentionally mislead them. But that adamant assertion came into question Friday night when the Republican majority on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence released portions of Mr. Comey's closed-door testimony. Published May 5, 2018
Paul Manafort’s defense attorney delivers possible blow to Robert Mueller’s probe
A defense attorney in a court filing says special counsel Robert Mueller has disclosed he has no evidence that former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort communicated with Russian government officials. Published May 3, 2018
John Brennan’s CIA conclusion flawed on Putin’s election interference
U.S. intelligence agencies' far-reaching conclusion that Vladimir Putin interfered in the 2016 presidential election to specifically help Donald Trump was flawed by "tradecraft failings," says a House report. Published May 2, 2018
Christopher Steele gets new funding to dig up dirt on Trump
Christopher Steele, creator of the discredited Democrat-financed dossier, is continuing his Trump-Russia collusion chase with new partisan funding, a House report says. Published April 30, 2018
Obama DNI Clapper leaked dossier story on Trump: House intel report
James Clapper, while the nation's highest ranking intelligence officer, leaked to CNN salacious anti-Trump information contained in the Christoper Steele dossier that was privately briefed to the president-elect, according to a new House intelligence report. Published April 28, 2018
James Comey’s version of the facts conflicts with the record
ANALYSIS: Fired FBI Director James B. Comey has provided a number of assertions about the Trump-Russia investigation that conflict with the historical record. Published April 28, 2018
John Brennan free to imply Putin has blackmail material on Trump, he says
Former CIA Director John Brennan says he has a right to imply that Russian President Vladimir Putin has blackmail material on President Trump. "Well, I'm an ordinary civilian now," Mr. Brennan told NPR. "I'm a private citizen, and I'm speaking out." Published April 26, 2018
Democrat funded anti-Trump dossier sparked FBI Russia probe
The evidence kick-starting the FBI's Trump-Russia investigation in 2016 came from Democratic Party opposition research, as opposed to independent intelligence reports. Published April 25, 2018
Natalia Veselnitskaya: Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson ‘framed’ in production of Steele dossier
A Russian lawyer who has employed Fusion GPS says co-founder Glenn Simpson was "framed" in the production of the infamous Christopher Steele dossier. Published April 23, 2018
DNC shuns its anti-Trump Kremlin dossier in collusion law suit
The Democratic National Committee's Russia collusion law suit against the Trump campaign cites a number of press stories, tweets and investigative reports as evidence, but there is one notable absence. Published April 21, 2018
James Clapper insisted Trump receive prostitute briefing
It was James Clapper, then the nation's top intelligence official, who insisted that President-elect Donald Trump receive a briefing on the Moscow prostitute tale contained in the Democratic Party-financed dossier. Published April 20, 2018
Robert Mueller probe reporting sparks scathing press criticism
One constant in the government's 23-month-old Trump-Russia inquisition is that people in the know -- the investigators themselves -- say there has been a rash of bogus news stories. Published April 19, 2018
James Comey casts himself as victim in new memoir
Fired FBI Director James Comey portrays himself as a victim because of the way Donald Trump reacted when he told the president-elect there was an allegation he spent time with prostitutes in Moscow. Published April 17, 2018
Robert Mueller: ‘Many’ news stories on Trump-Russia probe are wrong
Special counsel Robert Mueller's office is warning that "many" news articles on the Trump-Russia probe have been wrong. Published April 16, 2018
James Comey, Andrew McCabe clash on story of media leak
FBI Director James B. Comey and Deputy Director Andrew McCabe provided "starkly conflicting accounts" about a pivotal private meeting last year that helped lead to Mr. McCabe's firing, an investigation has found. Published April 15, 2018
Michael Cohen, Trump attorney, again denies 2016 travel to Prague
Michael Cohen, president Trump's personal lawyer, again on Saturday denied that he ever traveled to Prague during the 2016 election, as alleged in ex-British spy Christopher Steele's dossier funded by the Democratic Party. Published April 14, 2018
James Comey kept Donald Trump in the dark on dossier’s Democratic funding
Fired FBI Director James Comey has acknowledged that he never told Donald Trump that the dossier on which his bureau relied to investigate the president was financed by the Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton campaign. Published April 13, 2018
Donald Trump’s status in Robert Mueller investigation prove dossier false, supporters say
Special counsel Robert Mueller's notification to the White House that President Trump isn't an investigative target means that the collusion charges against him in Christopher Steele's dossier are untrue, supporters say. Published April 8, 2018
