The Biden administration’s FBI placed at least 92 Republican-aligned individuals and organizations under federal scrutiny as part of a sweeping investigation known as Arctic Frost, according to new whistleblower records released by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Among those targeted was the group that the late Charlie Kirk founded, Turning Point USA. The group was one of many that was issued a subpoena as part of a batch demand to financial institutions tied to conservative fundraising groups, according to internal bank subpoena logs and whistleblower testimony provided to Congress by FBI Director Kash Patel.
During an interview on Fox News’s America Reports on Wednesday, Grassley pinned the origins of the probe on former FBI agent Timothy Thibault. He said Thibault “violated every FBI protocol” to launch Arctic Frost as a pretext for former special counsel Jack Smith to build his case against then-former President Donald Trump.
Key Conservative Groups Targeted by the FBI:
- Turning Point USA (co-founded by Charlie Kirk)
- Republican National Committee (RNC)
- Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA)
- Conservative Partnership Institute
- America First Policy Institute
- Heritage Action for America
- Tea Party Patriots
- FreedomWorks
- Moms for Liberty
- Students for Trump
- Women for America First
- National Right to Life Committee
- Project Veritas
- American Conservative Union
- Liberty Counsel
- Federalist Society
- Judicial Watch
- American Principles Project
- Center for Renewing America
- Save America PAC
