From Fox News: Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, released on Wednesday 197 subpoenas that the Biden administration’s FBI used to seek testimony and documents related to hundreds of Republicans and GOP entities as part of the bureau’s Arctic Frost probe, the precursor to former special counsel Jack Smith’s election investigation.
“Arctic Frost was the vehicle by which partisan FBI agents and DOJ prosecutors could improperly investigate the entire Republican political apparatus,” Grassley said at a press conference. “Contrary to what Smith has said publicly, this was clearly a fishing expedition.”
Standing alongside Grassley, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., called the subpoenas “nothing short of a Biden administration enemies list.”
The subpoenas included nonpublic, confidential grand jury material that Grassley said he obtained through whistleblower disclosures.
Over the past year, Grassley has been releasing more and more bombshell details about the Biden administration’s “Arctic Frost” operation against President Trump and multiple Republicans and conservative organizations.
In a press release on Wednesday, Grassley dropped the latest revelations, as follows:
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today made public 197 subpoenas former Special Counsel Jack Smith and his team issued as part of the indiscriminate election case against President Trump. Smith’s case began at the Biden Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) under the codename “Arctic Frost.”
The subpoenas, which were provided to Grassley through legally protected whistleblower disclosures, were sent to 34 individuals and 163 businesses. These 197 subpoenas requested testimony, communications and records related to at least 430 named Republican individuals and entities. Some of the records Smith subpoenaed from banks, individuals and businesses included:
- Communications with media companies such as CBS, Fox News, Fox Business, Newsmax, Sinclair and others.
- Communications with “any member, employee or agent of the Legislative Branch of the U.S. Government.”
- Communications with White House advisors, such as Stephen Miller, Dan Scavino, Jared Kushner, Lara Trump and others.
- Statistical data and analysis relating to donors and fundraising efforts.
- Broad financial data relating to conservative individuals and entities.
Grassley unveiled the subpoenas during a press conference alongside Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Grassley at today’s press conference said, in part:
“Arctic Frost was the vehicle by which partisan FBI agents and DOJ prosecutors could improperly investigate the entire Republican political apparatus. Contrary to what [Jack] Smith has said publicly, this was clearly a fishing expedition.
“If this happened to the Democrats, they’d be as rightly outraged as we are.
“We’re making these records public in the interest of transparency and so that the American people can draw their own conclusions.”
A master list of the organizations and individuals Smith subpoenaed is available HERE, compiled by Senate Judiciary Committee staff.
Copies of Smith’s subpoenas can be found HERE.
2day U can see 1700+ pgs of subpoena records shared w me by brave whistleblowers who want the public 2know how the Biden DOJ/FBI was weaponized
Jack Smith sent 197 subpoenas to get records for 430+ REPUBLICAN orgs/individuals Congress won’t quit until we get accountability
— Chuck Grassley (@ChuckGrassley) October 29, 2025
Grassley announced that Verizon had just informed him that Jack Smith had sent subpoenas to tap into the phones of 11 Republican officials, including Sen. Ted Cruz.
He said AT&T also told him they challenged the legal basis for the subpoenas they were sent, and Smith “backed down.”
Sen. Chuck Grassley just revealed that Jack Smith sent a subpoena to Verizon to tap my Senate office phone.
This comes after learning that nearly 20% of Senate Republicans’ cellphones, including mine, were also subpoenaed.
Arctic Frost is the Biden DOJ’s Watergate, and they… pic.twitter.com/qBR5lT9XIV
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) October 29, 2025
Cruz voiced his fury during the press briefing, as he held up an order that had been sent to AT&T by non other than the radical Judge James Boasberg, ORDERING AT&T NOT TO NOTIFY Cruz about the subpoena of his phone records until at least one year later.
One X user reminded, “Judge James Boasberg is the same guy who greenlit the initial FISA warrants on Carter Page in 2016 and 2017, kicking off the Russia collusion probe that later unraveled as a house of cards built on omissions, lies, and the Steele dossier’s fairy tales.”
Oh my fucking god. The same Judge Boasberg who let Ray Epps off scot-free for January 6 ordered a secret subpoena of @TedCruz’s cell phone and banned AT&T from telling Ted Cruz the FBI was spying on his phone. https://t.co/Dh0Vs1U4EA
— Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) October 29, 2025
Sean Davis of The Federalist announced:
BREAKING: New Arctic Frost whistleblower documents show that the corrupt Biden FBI subpoenaed the bank records, donor lists, and emails of nearly every major conservative organization and leader in the country, including Donald Trump’s campaign, the RNC, Conservative Partnership Institute, Save America PAC, America First Policy Institute, and even MyPillow.
BREAKING: New Arctic Frost whistleblower documents show that the corrupt Biden FBI subpoenaed the bank records, donor lists, and emails of nearly every major conservative organization and leader in the country, including Donald Trump’s campaign, the RNC, Conservative Partnership… pic.twitter.com/EK01dfvilh
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) October 29, 2025
WATCH the entire press briefing below:
ARCTIC FROST DRAGNET EXPANDS +400 @GOP TARGETS
According to new records provided through “legally protected whistleblower disclosures” @ChuckGrassley 197 subpoenas sought testimony, records and communications..
“…related to at least 430 named Republican individuals and… https://t.co/6ZoJ8GsE1P pic.twitter.com/u1SE7WUXng
— Catherine Herridge (@C__Herridge) October 29, 2025
President Donald announced in a Truth Social post earlier on Wednesday, “These thugs should all be investigated and put in prison. A disgrace to humanity. Deranged Jack Smith is a criminal!!!”
The press release on Wednesday also includes links to Grassley’s previous reports on the Arctic Frost operation which he has been releasing since January:
Learn more about Grassley’s Arctic Frost oversight:
- October 23, 2025: Grassley Responds to Jack Smith Request for a Hearing
- October 23, 2025: Grassley Reveals Garland, Monaco, Wray Gave Personal Sign-Off to Open Arctic Frost
- October 14, 2025: Grassley Demands Telecommunications Companies, Federal Entities Turn Over All Records Provided to Jack Smith
- October 10, 2025: Grassley and Johnson Lead Colleagues in Seeking Release of All DOJ, FBI Records Detailing Biden Administration’s Targeting of Sitting Members of Congress
- October 10, 2025: ICYMI: Grassley Oversight of Arctic Frost Yields Ongoing Results and Draws National Attention
- October 6, 2025: Biden FBI Spied on Eight Republican Senators as Part of Arctic Frost Investigation, Grassley Oversight Reveals
- September 16, 2025: Grassley Opens Senate Judiciary FBI Oversight Hearing, Releases Additional Records Demonstrating Political Weaponization and Misconduct at Biden FBI
- April 8, 2025: Grassley, Johnson Release Additional Arctic Frost Records Detailing Sweeping Anti-Trump Investigation
- March 14, 2025: Grassley, Johnson Release Records Showing FBI Obtained Trump, Pence Cell Phones, Conducted Sweeping Interviews to Advance Anti-Trump Arctic Frost Investigation
- February 3, 2025: Grassley Underscores FBI Supervisor Misconduct in Trump-Targeted Arctic Frost Investigation
- January 30, 2025: Grassley Opening Statement on Kash Patel’s Nomination to be FBI Director
- January 30, 2025: Grassley, Johnson Make Public Whistleblower Records Revealing DOJ and FBI Plot to Pin Trump in Jack Smith Elector Case
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