The Federal Bureau of Investigation's “Arctic Freeze” investigation potentially targets more than 150 Republican officials and their allies, the House Judiciary Committee said Tuesday.
Newly released documents reveal that the Biden-era Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI investigated Trump allies, in accordance with committee. Some 200 pages of records provide insight into the extensive investigation. The move reportedly began under FBI Director Chris Wray and was then continued by a special prosecutor. Jack Smith under the leadership of Attorney General Merrick Garland.
🚨 #BREAK: New Arctic Frost documents reveal an even larger Justice Department investigation into Biden to bring down President Trump and his supporters.
KEY POINTS:
– Investigators in the Arctic Frost case used FBI offices across the country to conduct their investigation.…
— House Justice GOP 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@JudiciaryGOP) October 28, 2025
The committee, led by Ohio Republican Jim Jordan, supposed that “45 people,” including former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon, Pennsylvania Republican Scott Perry, former North Carolina Republican Mark Meadows, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former Trump Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark and former Trump lawyer John Eastman, were “potentially under investigation.” (RELATED: Jack Smith and his allies make new moves as Republicans increase pressure)
FBI emails from May 2022 said a Washington field office official thanked several field offices for assistance in the Arctic Frost interview, while another official said “everything” related to the investigation was “limited” in FBI systems. in accordance with documents reviewed by Just the News.
Another email reportedly details how the Arctic Frost team requested approximately $16,600 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Anti-Corruption Section for a June trip to conduct more than 40 interviews, serve subpoenas and execute search warrants on multiple devices. They targeted numerous GOP-affiliated officials in Arizona, Virginia, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and New Mexico, according to the documents.
GOP-led committee stated What “[a]Another 111 people,” including White House deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino, senior trade and manufacturing adviser Peter Navarro, current DOJ weapons chief Ed Martin and former DOJ official Jeff Rosen, “were also potentially under investigation.”
Yesterday our office sent a letter to @AGPamBondi asking the administration to initiate a criminal investigation into Jack Smith and his flagrant violation of the Fourth Amendment during Operation Arctic Frost.
Our letter has 26 signatures.
We must take all possible measures… pic.twitter.com/sB6Tz1peLW
— Congressman Josh Brecheen (@RepBrecheen) October 23, 2025
The documents revealed insider threat tags that the FBI used for this investigation, including “FRAUD CORRUPT,” “CORRUPT,” “PCORRUPT” and “PCORRUPT_CAMP,” Just the News reported. They also reportedly showed FBI “predictions” about how they targeted several people. (RELATED: Jack Smith Called to Testify Before House Judiciary Committee)
The September 2022 document, titled “Subpoena_Counsel_Matrix,” included the names of dozens of GOP-affiliated activists, government officials, prospective voters and government employees allegedly linked to events surrounding the 2020 election, the outlet reported.
Proof released Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley appears to indicate that Wray, Garland and then-Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco approved the launch of Arctic Frost's investigation into Trump's handling of the Capitol riot.
I just received this document from the Department of Justice. Proof that Biden Attorney General Merrick Garland + Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco + FBI Director Chris Wray all PERSONALLY APPROVED to open Arctic Frost
The investigation unleashed unchecked government power at the highest levels. My supervision will continue. pic.twitter.com/atuRnC8ara
— Chuck Grassley (@ChuckGrassley) October 23, 2025
Email also disclose According to a Senate Judiciary Committee press release, there was coordination between Biden's White House law office and an anti-Trump FBI agent to obtain phones belonging to Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence. (RELATED: 'Grossly Misrepresented': Disgraced Former FBI Chief Andrew McCabe Appears to Defend Targeting GOP Senators)
Arctic Frost targeted numerous Republican Party officials and organizations. in accordance with committee press release in September. FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino recently said Smith monitored the phone records of several GOP lawmakers, including Sens. Josh Hawley of Missouri and Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee.
