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Rowan Scarborough

Articles by Rowan Scarborough

Rep. Adam B. Schiff's acknowledgment that collusion "still remains to be seen" shows that nearly a year after the House intelligence panel began its investigation, Democrats are left with a relatively small list of Trump campaign-Russia contacts on which to base a grand conspiracy. (Associated Press/File)

Adam Schiff’s case for Trump-Russia collusion crumbles

Rep. Adam B. Schiff's acknowledgment that Trump campaign collusion with Russia "still remains to be seen" shows that nearly a year after the House intelligence committee began its investigation, Democrats are left with a relatively small list of contacts on which to base a grand conspiracy. Published December 27, 2017

FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, left, and Attorney General Loretta Lynch, listen during a news conference, Wednesday, July 20, 2016, at the Justice Department in Washington, announcing that the U.S. government is seeking the forfeiture of more than $1 billion in assets that federal officials say were misappropriated from a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund. The Justice Department says the funds that were laundered into the U.S. were used for various assets, including real estate and hotel properties, a jet aircraft, fancy artwork and the production of the Oscar-nominated movie, The Wolf of Wall Street. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

FBI says Russia dossier’s collusion charges unsubstantiated

The FBI is declining to repudiate the Russia dossier on which it partially relied to start an investigation into the Trump campaign, but it concedes the document's major core charges of election collusion remain unsubstantiated. Published December 25, 2017

If Christopher Steele had not lied to the FBI, he could have been investigating Donald Trump from the postelection transition into his presidency. (Associated Press/File)

Christopher Steele hedges on Russia dossier claims against Donald Trump

Christopher Steele, the former British spy who fueled an ongoing investigation into President Trump's administration, was a lot more confident of his charges when he wrote his now-notorious 2016 dossier than he is today in defending it in a libel lawsuit. Published December 20, 2017

Jeffrey Epstein (center), who pleaded guilty in 2008 to soliciting sex from an underage girl, had what appears to be a purely social relationship with Donald Trump — a link that is far short of former President Bill Clinton's 20-plus plane rides on his "Lolita Express" private jet around the globe in the early 2000s. (Associated Press/File)

Glenn Simpson’s Fusion GPS used Jeffrey Epstein in Donald Trump smear campaign

Fusion GPS, the opposition research firm whose Democrat-financed Russia dossier fueled an FBI investigation into Donald Trump, pitched other stories about the Republican presidential candidate to Washington reporters, including an attempt to tie him to a convicted pedophile who was once buddies with former President Bill Clinton. Published December 10, 2017

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, right, with CIA Director John Brennan, center, and FBI Director James Comey, left, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015, before the House Intelligence Committee hearing on cyberthreats. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Barack Obama’s team worked against Donald Trump

From the moment Donald Trump secured the Republican nomination and then the presidency, national security officials under President Obama have shown themselves to be intense adversaries in public and behind the scenes. Published December 5, 2017

Keith Schiller, a former New York City detective, accompanied Donald Trump to Moscow in 2013 as his bodyguard. (Associated Press/File)

Democrats pursue Donald Trump prostitute story

House Democrats are trying to prove that President Trump engaged in salacious activities with prostitutes in the swanky Moscow Ritz-Carlton in 2013. He repeatedly has denied any such encounter. Published November 26, 2017

Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson decided last week to invoke the Fifth Amendment rather than testify under subpoena before a special House Republican task force that is collecting evidence to show an extensive, election year, anti-Trump conspiracy. (Associated Press/File)

Fusion GPS, Russian dossier firm, paid journalists for work

Fusion GPS, the liberal opposition research firm that funded and distributed the anti-Trump dossier, has paid three journalists for work related to Congress' Russia probe, according to court filings. Published November 24, 2017

Iranian agreements with Syria to keep forces in the country indefinitely would bring Tehran closer to its goal of securing a corridor from the Iranian border through Iraq all the way to the Mediterranean. That would give Iran unhindered land access to its allies in Syria and Lebanon for the first time. (Associated Press/File)

Iran’s Syria plan hints at Shiite ‘Red Crescent’ goal

Iran's top military officer signed agreements in Syria last month that will keep Iranian forces there indefinitely with a pledge to help the Bashar Assad regime rebuild damaged military bases, according to the main opposition group to Tehran's Islamic rulers. Published November 22, 2017