{"id":2504527,"date":"2025-10-29T18:35:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T22:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jack-smith-sought-197-subpoenas-in-arctic-frost-probe-new-records-show\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T18:41:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T22:41:09","slug":"jack-smith-sought-197-subpoenas-in-arctic-frost-probe-new-records-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jack-smith-sought-197-subpoenas-in-arctic-frost-probe-new-records-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Smith sought 197 subpoenas in Arctic Frost probe, new records show"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjack-smith-sought-197-subpoenas-in-arctic-frost-probe-new-records-show%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2504527&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The FBI&#8217;s Arctic Frost investigation, led by former special counsel Jack smith, issued nearly 200 subpoenas targeting hundreds of Republicans connected to the 2020 election, including lawmakers, operatives, and conservative organizations. the subpoenas demanded testimony, communications, and records from 34 individuals and 163 businesses, covering internal strategies, donor data, and contacts with media outlets like Fox News and CBS.Republican critics,including Sen. Ted Cruz, condemn the probe as a politically motivated surveillance operation, dubbing it &#8220;joe Biden&#8217;s Watergate,&#8221; and allege abuses of power such as secret subpoenas for phone records without notifying targets. The investigation, which began under FBI Director Christopher Wray and accelerated after Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Smith special counsel, has been described by some Republicans as a partisan fishing expedition aimed at mapping the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >entire conservative political ecosystem ahead<\/a> of the 2024 elections. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley has released documents from a whistleblower to increase openness, asserting the public deserves to know the extent of this controversial probe.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">&lsquo;Biden&rsquo;s Watergate&rsquo;: Jack Smith sought 197 subpoenas in Arctic Frost investigation<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2381675\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former special counsel <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jack-smith\">Jack Smith<\/a> issued nearly 200 subpoenas as part of the FBI&rsquo;s sweeping <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3866920\/fbi-arctic-frost-investigation-targeted-160-republican-operatives-lawmakers-search-election-crimes\/\">Arctic Frost<\/a> investigation into the 2020 election, targeting hundreds of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\/\">Republicans<\/a> in what GOP lawmakers now call one of the most politically intrusive spying expeditions in modern history.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.grassley.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/arctic_frost_197_subpoena_records_obtained_by_chairman_grassley.pdf\">The disclosures<\/a>, provided by a whistleblower to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-grassley\/\">Chuck Grassley<\/a> (R-IA) and released Wednesday, reveal that 197 subpoenas were sent to 34 individuals and 163 businesses. Those demands sought testimony, communications, and records connected to&nbsp;at least 430 Republican individuals and entities, including donor analytics, internal strategy, and contacts with government officials and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-he-guilty-of-sexual-misconduct-depends-on-his-political-party\/\" title=\"Is He Guilty Of Sexual Misconduct? Depends On His Political Party.\">major media outlets<\/a> such as Fox News, CBS, Newsmax, and Sinclair.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3868596\/senate-votes-undo-trump-canada-tariffs-second-rebuke\/\">Senate votes to undo Trump&rsquo;s Canada tariffs, dealing second rebuke<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3868472\/winsome-earle-sears-election-interference-virginia-redistricting\/\">Winsome Earle-Sears forced off campaign trail due to Virginia redistricting battle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3868716\/ayotte-blasts-sanctuary-movement-vows-crackdown\/\">NH Gov. Ayotte blasts &#8216;sanctuary&#8217; movement, vows crackdown<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to reporters Friday, June 9, 2023, in Washington. Smith&rsquo;s investigations of Donald Trump&rsquo;s retention of classified records and efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election have cost more than $9 million over the first several months, according to documents released Friday, July 7. (AP Photo\/Jose Luis Magana, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The FBI also demanded communications with White House advisers such as <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/stephen-miller\/\">Stephen Miller<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3847248\/trump-dan-scavino-white-house-personnel-office\/\">Dan Scavino<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jared-kushner\">Jared Kushner<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lara-trump\/\">Lara Trump<\/a>, as well as broad financial data tied to conservative causes.<\/p>\n<p>Republican critics say the depth and scope of the requests reveal a political dragnet designed to surveil and intimidate the opposition. &ldquo;Arctic Frost is Joe Biden&rsquo;s Watergate,&rdquo; said Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ted-cruz\/\">Ted Cruz<\/a> (R-TX), calling it a political enemies list executed through the Justice Department. &ldquo;This was an absolute and egregious abuse of power.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-cruz-smith-blocked-phone-carriers-from-disclosing-subpoenas\">Cruz: Smith blocked phone carriers from disclosing subpoenas<\/h2>\n<p>Cruz said he only discovered recently that Smith&rsquo;s team had moved to collect his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-marshal-ramps-up-hunt-for-roe-v-wade-leaker-clerks-asked-to-sign-affidavits-have-phone-records-searched\/\" title=\"Supreme ... Marshal Ramps Up Hunt for Roe v. Wade Leaker \u2013 Clerks Asked to Sign Affidavits, Have ... Searched\">personal cell phone records<\/a> from AT&amp;T. According to disclosures provided to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Verizon notified investigators that&nbsp;at least 11 Republican lawmakers&nbsp;using that carrier were affected, including Cruz&rsquo;s Senate office landline.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at an oversight hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. (AP Photo\/Allison Robbert)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cruz added that AT&amp;T refused to turn over his personal records for a separate line he possessed, determining the request violated the Constitution&rsquo;s Speech and Debate Clause. But when Smith went to court for a separate subpoena,&nbsp;U.S. District Judge James Boasberg barred AT&amp;T from informing Cruz&nbsp;that the government was seeking his data, the Texas senator said. In an apparent court order referenced by Cruz, Boasberg claimed that notifying the senator would risk the &ldquo;destruction of evidence&rdquo; and pose a &ldquo;serious jeopardy to the investigation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There is precisely zero evidence to conclude that I am likely to destroy or tamper with evidence,&rdquo; Cruz said. &ldquo;This order is an abuse of power &mdash; a weaponized legal system.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Cruz called for the House to begin impeachment proceedings against Boasberg, accusing the judge of aiding a partisan vendetta. He claimed that similar secrecy orders likely accompanied subpoenas targeting other senators, including Grassley and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC).<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-smith-targeted-a-prominent-conservative-family\">Smith targeted a prominent conservative family<\/h2>\n<p>The subpoenas also reached deeply into mainstream conservative institutions, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3866920\/fbi-arctic-frost-investigation-targeted-160-republican-operatives-lawmakers-search-election-crimes\/\">including groups connected to&nbsp;Ed Corrigan<\/a>, a prominent Republican who leads the Conservative Partnership Institute, which supports Trump-aligned lawmakers and causes. Internal FBI emails previously showed agents were pursuing unverified tips that CPI was engaged in &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/civil-war-reenactment-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Civil War reenactment - Washington Examiner\">civil war&#038;rdquo<\/a>; activity, allegations Republicans say were baseless and politically motivated.<\/p>\n<p>The whistleblower files show Smith&rsquo;s team expanded that scrutiny to include&nbsp;Corrigan&rsquo;s brother, Patrick, citing both siblings in subpoena requests involving the Conservative Policy Institute, the Conservative Policy Center, and the American Voting Rights Foundation. The records additionally corroborate that Smith demanded data from other major conservative groups, including Turning Point USA, the Republican Attorneys General Association, Save America PAC, and several state Republican parties.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans say the breadth of data requests, from media engagement to grassroots fundraising strategies, was aimed not at solving crimes but at&nbsp;mapping the entire conservative ecosystem&nbsp;as Trump prepared his 2024 campaign.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-an-inquiry-born-under-the-fbi-supercharged-by-jack-smith\">An inquiry born under the FBI, supercharged by Jack Smith<\/h2>\n<p>Arctic Frost began inside the FBI in early 2022 under then-Director Christopher Wray and quickly grew after Attorney General Merrick Garland elevated the matter, appointing Smith special counsel in November of that year. The investigation ultimately formed the backbone of the four-count indictment against Trump stemming from his challenge to the 2020 election, but most individuals placed under scrutiny were never accused of wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>Documents previously released by Grassley showed that phone metadata belonging to eight Republican senators and one House member was placed in restricted &ldquo;Prohibited Access&rdquo; files, limiting visibility even within the bureau.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-grassley-fishing-expedition-with-partisan-intent\">Grassley: Fishing expedition with &ldquo;partisan intent&rdquo;<\/h2>\n<p>Grassley said the subpoena dragnet proves the probe was partisan from its inception.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Arctic Frost was the vehicle by which partisan FBI agents and DOJ prosecutors could improperly investigate the entire Republican political apparatus,&rdquo; Grassley said at a press conference with Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and others. &ldquo;Contrary to what Smith has said publicly, this was clearly a fishing expedition.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3866920\/fbi-arctic-frost-investigation-targeted-160-republican-operatives-lawmakers-search-election-crimes\/\">FBI ARCTIC FROST INVESTIGATION TARGETED 160 REPUBLICAN OPERATIVES, LAWMAKERS IN SEARCH OF ELECTION CRIMES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Grassley said the public deserves to see evidence of what happened inside a Justice Department under former President Joe Biden that believed it &ldquo;was justified [in] spying on their opponents in the legislature.&rdquo; He argued that if the political parties were reversed, Democrats would demand consequences.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re making these records public in the interest of transparency and so the American people can draw their own conclusions,&rdquo; Grassley said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden&#8217;s Watergate&#8217;: Jack Smith issued 197 subpoenas in Arctic Frost probe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2504528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Jack-Smith-DOJ-Trump-1570157592.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[64902,32463,7001],"class_list":["post-2504527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-arctic-frost","tag-jack-smith","tag-subpoenas"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Jack-Smith-DOJ-Trump-1570157592.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2504527"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2504531,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504527\/revisions\/2504531"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2504528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2504527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2504527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2504527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}