Biden FBI BUSTED In Nasty PLot Targeting Charlie Kirk
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) dropped a political and legal grenade at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday, confronting FBI Director Kash Patel with documents that — Grassley says — prove the Biden-era FBI ran a sprawling, partisan operation that swept up at least 92 Republican individuals and organizations, among them Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA.
Grassley opened with a stinging charge about the FBI’s transformation under the previous leadership and immediately moved to make whistleblower records public. As he told the committee, “Now, well, it’s well understood that your predecessor left you and the FBI infected with politics. I’m going to provide examples of that today, including making public new whistleblower records.” Those records, he said, expose an investigation codenamed Operation Arctic Frost that grew far beyond anything the public had been told.
According to the documents Grassley introduced, Arctic Frost began in April 2022 under then-FBI leadership and soon expanded from narrow election-related inquiries into a broad dragnet across the Republican movement. Grassley read from records indicating that agent Timothy Thibault — the agent who opened the probe — “vowed it would be ‘prioritized over all others in the Branch’ and commented that ‘it frankly took too long for us to open this \[investigation],’” language the senator used to illustrate the politically charged zeal behind the operation.
Within weeks of opening, the probe reportedly pulled in 13 field offices, seized communications involving President Donald J. Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence, and subpoenaed records tied to alternate electors, senior White House advisors, campaign officials, and outside organizations. Grassley told the committee that the sweep reached well beyond a single individual or incident — it targeted institutions: the Republican National Committee, the Republican Attorneys General Association, various Trump-aligned political groups, and grassroots organizations training young conservatives.
Grassley didn’t merely assert a broad scope; he produced documentary evidence. The senator cited a multi-page FBI exhibit of bank-record subpoenas connected to Arctic Frost — and said Turning Point USA’s name appears on page four of that exhibit. “In total, 92 Republican targets, including Republican groups and Republican-linked individuals, were placed under investigative scope of Arctic Frost,” Grassley announced, adding that his office would press for full public release of all related records.
He framed Arctic Frost not as a lawful, objective probe but as “the vehicle by which partisan FBI agents and Department of Justice prosecutors could achieve their partisan ends and improperly investigate the entire Republican political apparatus.” That language underscored the core allegation: Arctic Frost was not simply an election investigation; it became an institutionalized effort to collect intelligence and documents on a political opposition.
Grassley also signaled follow-up action. He said he would move to release every document tied to the operation — including audio and subpoena materials — and he specifically referenced materials showing action against Trump-aligned officials such as Peter Navarro. “Through whistleblowers, I’ve obtained an audio recording of Special Agent Gia Gardena and Special Agent Sebastian Gardner’s delivery of a subpoena to Navarro. I’m making that audio public today,” Grassley said during his statement.
The implications are grave. If the facts Grassley presented hold up under further scrutiny, they suggest a coordinated pattern in which law-enforcement resources were directed at a political constituency rather than narrow law-breaking — a charge that cuts to the heart of the FBI’s claim to nonpartisanship. For conservatives who have long warned that federal law-enforcement institutions were being politicized, Grassley’s evidentiary release is both vindication and a call for reform.
Grassley’s disclosures have already reverberated across media and politics. Some outlets have picked up the documents and the senator’s account; others emphasize context about the origins of Arctic Frost — which was initially described as a probe into false electors and related activity after the 2020 election. Regardless of framing, the senator’s central contention is straightforward: the probe’s scope ballooned, and conservative groups and individuals were swept into its orbit.
Tuesday’s hearing may mark the beginning of a wider reckoning. Grassley pledged more transparency; conservatives are calling for accountability; and rank-and-file Americans — especially those in civic groups and political movements — are asking whether their constitutional liberties were placed under surveillance because of their ideological views. Whether Congress, the Department of Justice, or the courts will deliver answers remains to be seen. For now, Grassley has put Arctic Frost’s files on the public record and forced a national conversation about how far federal power can reach into the political life of one party.