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Rowan Scarborough

Rowan Scarborough

rscarborough@washingtontimes.com

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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In this May 5, 2020, file photo then-Rep. John Ratcliff, R-Texas, testifies before a Senate Intelligence Committee nomination hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Ratcliffe, the director of national intelligence, has been working to declassify details about the Russia investigation, which culminated in the 2019 report by former special counsel Robert Mueller. (Gabriella Demczuk/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

No Russian conspiracy in Biden laptop scandal: DNI Ratcliffe

Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said on Monday there is no evidence that Hunter Biden's explosive emails are part of a Russian disinformation campaign, specifically calling out Rep. Adam Schiff for spreading the conspiracy without evidence.

October 19, 2020
Hunter Biden (Associated Press/File)

Hunter Biden’s forgotten laptop mirrors troubled life

At the time Hunter Biden's laptop reportedly sat unclaimed at a Delaware repair shop, the son of Democratic presidential candidate Joseph R. Biden was living a tumultuous life, including facing a paternity lawsuit from an exotic dancer.

October 15, 2020
In this Jan. 30, 2010, photo, Vice President Joe Biden, left, with his son Hunter, right, at the Duke Georgetown NCAA college basketball game in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) ** FILE **

Joe Biden’s denials about Hunter’s business ties under scrutiny

Hunter Biden arranged for a Burisma Holdings big shot to meet with his dad, Vice President Joseph R. Biden, in Washington in April 2015, a year after he joined the corrupt firm's board of directors and garnered millions of dollars in payments from a Ukraine oligarch, an email shows.

October 14, 2020
Hunter Biden (Associated Press/File)

Hunter Biden probe report reveals Democrats sabotage efforts

The Senate Republicans' explosive report on Hunter Biden's oligarch-linked finances includes a side narrative on how Democrats, the senators say, tried to sabotage the investigation and protect Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden.

October 11, 2020
Agent William J. Barnett said the allegation that Michael Flynn, President Trump's first national security adviser, had done something inappropriate with a Russian-born scholar made no sense. (Associated Press) **FILE**

FBI whistleblower doubted Flynn-Russian agent rumor

The FBI whistleblower who is cooperating with a Justice Department probe of the bureau was an early skeptic of false reports that said retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn had done something inappropriate with a Russian-born scholar at Cambridge University in England.

October 4, 2020
Hunter Biden (Associated Press/File)

How Treasury Dept. tracked overseas cash pocketed by Hunter Biden

Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden flatly denied at Tuesday night's debate that his lawyer son took huge sums of money from corrupt oligarchs and Chinese communists during his vice presidency, but Treasury Department reports show that Hunter Biden did receive the money.

October 4, 2020