Rowan Scarborough

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

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.

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."

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

April 19, 2018