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Rowan Scarborough

Rowan Scarborough spent over 30 years at The Washington Times covering national security, including the Democrats' "Russia Hoax." He wrote two books, "Rumsfeld's War" and "Sabotage." A Navy veteran, Mr. Scarborough graduated summa cum laude from the University of Maryland. He reported for The Salisbury (Md.) Daily Times, Wilmington (Del.) News Journal and Defense Week.

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Democrats’ and media’s Trump-Russia collusion narrative falls apart

The narrative at the heart of the Democrats' and media's Trump-Russia collusion charges has all but collapsed, according to an examination of the year-old official public record.

May 27, 2018

Stefan Halper FBI informant revelation underscores MI6 ties to shadowy Trump investigations

Britain's spy service's connections to shadowy investigations into Donald Trump have grown stronger with the revelation that academic Stefan Halper was spying on the president's campaign and doing it on British soil.

May 21, 2018

Paul Manafort team wants probe into Andrew Weissmann, a Robert Mueller prosecutor

Paul Manafort's attorney on Monday asked a federal judge to allow an investigation into whether special counsel prosecutor Andrew Weissmann illegally leaked confidential grand jury testimony to the press.

May 21, 2018

Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump attorney, says he understands president

NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW: Rudolph W. Giuliani says he can get the best out of Donald Trump as he vigorously defends him and lashes out at his enemies, allowing the president to focus on landmark achievements.

May 20, 2018

Rudy Giuliani eviscerates James Comey, says ex-FBI boss won’t be ‘worth anything’ as witness

Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's friend and lawyer, says that James B. Comey has revealed himself to be a leaker of confidential material.

May 17, 2018

Robert Mueller agrees to narrow scope of questions in bid to interview Donald Trump

Rudy Giuliani, President Trump's lawyer, says that special counsel Robert Mueller has agreed to avoid a "fishing" expedition by narrowing the subject of questions in an effort to get the president to submit to an interview with the prosecutor.

May 17, 2018

Mueller moves to muscle out Manafort’s lawyers from grilling prosecutors

Robert Mueller filed papers in U.S. District Court in Virginia opposing a request from Manafort attorney Kevin Downing to hold an investigative hearing into the rash of press reports on Paul Manafort, President Trump's former campaign manager.

May 16, 2018

Senate demands transcript of Russian wiretaps, FBI interview that nabbed Michael Flynn

President Trump's former attorney says there are "reports" that retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn referred to his own wiretap when he was interviewed by two FBI agents in January 2017.

May 14, 2018

Obama allies spread Donald Trump, Russia collusion stories to undermine transition

Republican-driven investigative reports on Russia have provided an unanticipated view into secret anti-Trump maneuvers by Obama loyalists during the span of the presidential transition.

May 13, 2018

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

April 28, 2018

Will Graham Platner derail Democrats’ 2026 hopes? Tim Constantine & David Bozell

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