US EditionBiden FBI Investigated Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA in 'Arctic Frost' probe, Grassley Claims
The FBI probe 'Arctic Frost' targeted 92 Republican groups and individuals, including Turning Point USA, revealing a politically motivated operation beyond the 2020 election inquiry, Senator Grassley said.
- Senators Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson made public FBI records today revealing the Arctic Frost investigation targeted Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA and 91 other Republican entities.
- The investigation initially focused on President Trump's attempts to challenge the outcome of the 2020 election but later expanded to encompass numerous conservative organizations and individuals following disclosures from whistleblowers.
- FBI Director Kash Patel testified that the investigation issued subpoenas to obtain communications and financial records from various organizations, including the Republican National Committee and Turning Point USA, to evaluate allegations of conspiracy.
- Grassley accused the FBI under former Director Christopher Wray of being 'infected with politics' and called Arctic Frost a partisan vehicle used against Republicans nationwide.
- The releases suggest ongoing political contention over federal probes into conservatives, with implications for future oversight of law enforcement agency conduct.
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Republicans See FBI's Arctic Frost Investigation as Plot to Chill Trump's Political Comeback - The Virginia Star
by Jerry Dunleavy Newly-declassified revelations related to the FBI’s “Arctic Frost” investigation chronicle the 2022 lawfare assault against then-former President Donald Trump and MAGA world, as criminal inquiries — which would lead to criminal charges — spun into high gear as Trump leaned toward running for president again. The new revelation that the FBI snooped on the phone records of Republican members of Congress during its January 6 inv…
Biden's FBI targeted Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA
FBI Director Kash Patel faces questions during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday morning, during which Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) revealed that whistleblower revelations showed that Joe Biden's FBI targeted not just Donald Trump, but a wide swath of Republican organizations — including Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA. Grassley reminded Patel of the FBI's recent history of political weaponization, pointing directly to an operation k…
Chuck Grassley Complains that DOJ Investigated Why TPUSA Sent 80 Busses to a Riot - emptywheel
During the Kash Patel hearing yesterday, Chuck Grassley threw a bunch of new documents out to create a distraction: New informant reports targeting Hunter Biden, several documents he already declassified, and what has been taken to be a single document about the Jack Smith investigation. He did so, presumably, to point to this entry noting that Jack Smith collected information affecting Turning Point USA — Charlie Kirk’s organization. I think th…
"Arctic Frost" was the harmless code name for one of the boldest FBI programs in recent history. Under Biden's aegis, 92 Republican groups and personalities were targeted, including Charlie Kirk's "Turning Point USA." What began as an alleged election investigation turned out to be a political cleansing action. Now that Trump is back in the White House and the Republicans in Congress are in charge, this scandal threatens to be a disaster for tho…
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