Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Tuesday released new documents suggesting that several conservative organizations were targeted by the FBI as part of its investigation into the aftermath of the 2020 election under then Director Christopher Wray.
The probe, dubbed “Arctic Frost,” served as the basis for Special Counsel Jack Smith’s federal prosecution of then-candidate Donald Trump, alleging that he had attempted to overturn the 2020 election.
But that probe “was much broader than just an electoral matter,” Grassley said during a Sept. 16 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with FBI Director Kash Patel.
Instead, Grassley said during his opening remarks, Arctic Frost “was the vehicle by which partisan FBI agents and DOJ prosecutors could achieve their partisan ends and improperly investigate the entire Republican political apparatus.”…