Rowan Scarborough

Journalist pay questioned in Russian dossier court cases

The role of reporters is taking on added importance in federal court battles over the infamous Russian dossier that leveled unverified charges of collusion against the Donald Trump campaign.

November 5, 2017

Hillary Clinton defends Trump dossier as opposition research, makes dubious claims about its release

Hillary Clinton says the infamous Democratic-financed, Russian-sourced dossier did not "come out" during the election.

November 2, 2017

Carter Page bashes House Intelligence Committee in testimony before panel

Former Donald Trump campaign adviser Carter Page on Thursday began his scheduled testimony before the House Intelligence Committee by bashing the panel itself.

November 2, 2017

FBI agents manhandled Manafort and his wife during pre-dawn raid in intimidation effort

Just how rough special counsel Robert Mueller is playing with Paul Manafort goes back before this week's indictment -- to the FBI's no-knock raid in July.

November 1, 2017

George Papadopoulos sought dirt on Hillary in hopes of creating Trump-like dossier

Former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos was trying to do what the Democratic-financed dossier writer also wanted: Dirt on the other candidate.

October 30, 2017

Devin Nunes shifts Russia dossier focus from Donald Trump to Democrats

On two fronts, Rep. Devin Nunes has shifted the Russia debate in Washington further away from President Trump and closer to Democrats.

October 29, 2017

James Comey’s ‘coordination’ testimony sheds new context on Clinton campaign’s dossier funding

When then-FBI Director James B. Comey explained to Congress last March the scope of his investigation into President Trump's aides and Russia his words would also fit the Hillary Clinton campaign today.

October 28, 2017

Dossier shows Democrat, Russian collusion; no proof of Trump gossip

For over a year, the Hillary Clinton campaign, other Democrats and liberal pundits have pummeled President Trump and his men with one main weapon: a dossier.

October 26, 2017

Military judge rules Navy Judge Advocate General illegally intervened in SEAL’s trial

A military judge ruled Tuesday that the Navy Judge Advocate General illegally intervened in the sexual assault trial of a decorated Navy SEAL.

October 24, 2017

Pentagon advocates requiring women to sign up for military draft

The Pentagon says the country should stick with mandatory registration for a military draft, and it advocates a requirement for women to sign up for the first time in the nation's history.

October 24, 2017

Judge to decide if House committee has access to Fusion GPS bank records

A federal judge will this week consider whether to allow a congressional committee access to banking records from the company behind the anti-Trump intelligence dossier that rocked last year's U.S. election -- an effort the committee hopes will identify those paid for the salacious document.

October 22, 2017

Andrew Weissman complaints dismissed

Two defense attorneys from the Enron era filed a complaint against Andrew Weissmann in 2012 with the New York disciplinary committee over concealed evidence in the Merrill Lynch trial.

October 22, 2017

Andrew Weissmann, Dan Cogdell natural legal enemies

They were bound to clash -- the ex-mob prosecutor from New York City and the colorful Texas lawyer whose website says he can do what others can't.

October 22, 2017

Andrew Weissmann, Robert Mueller’s top prosecutor, known for hardball tactics

FBI Director Christopher A. Wray was an assistant attorney general in 2004 when he heaped praise on an ambitious Mafia-tested prosecutor while promoting him to the top of the Justice Department's high-profile Enron task force.

October 22, 2017

Fusion GPS files in court to block lawmakers from accessing records

The company behind the anti-Trump intelligence dossier that rocked last year's U.S. election went to federal court Friday to try and block the House Intelligence Committee from getting access to its banking records.

October 20, 2017

Trump aides entangled in Russia election quagmire fighting back

Former campaign aides to President Trump have begun to fight back against what they consider libelous allegations in the Russia election saga.

October 18, 2017

Women’s draft, military millennials on commission’s agenda

A U.S. commission on national service has been impaneled to provide Congress and the White House with the experts' opinion on revamping a proposed gender-neutral military draft.

October 15, 2017

Glenn Simpson sued for libel by Russian bankers in Chrstopher Steele dossier

Three Russian bankers have filed a libel suit against the Washington political operative who hired the former British spy to write a dossier that was used to sully Donald Trump and his presidential campaign with unverified Kremlin gossip.

October 5, 2017

Andrew Weissmann torments Paul Manafort to snare big prosecution targets, observers say

Facing indictment and millions of dollars in legal debts, President Trump's onetime campaign manager maintains his innocence and has nothing incriminating to offer Special Counsel Robert Mueller, associates say.

October 1, 2017

Retired Navy admiral testifies against top JAG officials in SEAL’s sex assault hearing

A retired Navy admiral who accused the service's top lawyers of improperly intervening in a SEAL's sexual assault case made his charge to a judge this week at a special hearing ordered by the military's highest court.

September 28, 2017