The Biden FBI filed subpoenas seeking the bank records and communications of numerous conservatives and Republican-affiliated organizations as part of its lawfare against Donald Trump, new records show.
Released Wednesday by Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, the documents demonstrate the expansive efforts the agency undertook to target any individual and group associated with the former president throughout its “Arctic Frost” probe. As The Federalist previously reported, that inquiry “ultimately became Jack Smith’s elector case against Trump.”
According to newly disclosed files, the Biden FBI filed a subpoena on Sept. 19, 2022, with Chain Bridge Bank, seeking any requested “testimony, documents, and/or communications” from several Trump-affiliated political groups. This named list included the “Save America PAC, Save America Leadership PAC, and/or Save America JFC,” and the “Trump Make America Great Again JFC.”
The subpoena was one of many the Biden FBI would file in the coming months as part of its quest to target any individual and group associated with the eventual 2024 Republican presidential nominee.
A month later, on Oct. 11, 2022, the agency filed a subpoena with National Capital Bank to obtain “testimony, documents, and/or communications” from the Conservative Partnership Institute. The request specifically named Mark Meadows and Cleta Mitchell. While Meadows served as Trump’s White House chief of staff during his first term, Mitchell serves as chair of the Election Integrity Network and advised Trump on his post-2020 election litigation in Georgia.
The revelation is particularly notable given a separate batch of Arctic Frost records released on Tuesday revealed that the Biden FBI was also targeting CPI President and CEO Ed Corrigan as part of its expansive inquiry. In a September 2022 exchange with the Washington, D.C., FBI Field Office, an unidentified individual with the Seattle FBI Field Office cited claims from an unnamed individual, who contended that Corrigan is “pro-Putin and anti-Biden” and that he “has [redacted] properties at which he wants to build up infrastructure to train people for civil war.”
Corrigan was named in several subpoenas filed by the Biden FBI throughout late 2022 and early 2023, the records released Wednesday show.
Other prominent conservatives and Republican-leaning organizations targeted in the subpoenas unveiled Wednesday include Stephen Miller, the Republican National Committee, America First Policy Institute, and many others.
Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood
