One of the more than 400 Republican/conservative entities targeted for covert surveillance by former special counsel Jack Smith’s 197 subpoenas didn’t even exist at the time that Smith was supposedly investigating.
The massive breadth, false pretense and apparent political agenda of Smith’s investigation were exposed Wednesday, as The National Review reported:
“The Biden-era FBI’s ‘Arctic Frost’ investigation into President Trump and the broader GOP’s role in the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot was more wide-ranging than previously known, according to newly released documents showing the bureau issued nearly 200 subpoenas targeting more than 400 Republican entities and individuals as part of the probe.”
On Wednesday, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released 197 subpoenas he says former Special Counsel Jack Smith and his team “issued as part of the indiscriminate election case against President Trump.”
Smith’s case began at the Biden Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) under the codename ‘Arctic Frost,’ the senator explained in a press release:
“The subpoenas, which were provided to Grassley through legally protected whistleblower disclosures, were sent to 34 individuals and 163 businesses. These 197 subpoenas requested testimony, communications and records related to at least 430 named Republican individuals and entities.”
One of those entities, a conservative nonprofit named America First Legal (AFL), posted news and an image of the subpoena targeting it on social media:
“Whistleblower docs reveal Jack Smith demanded AFL records in the Biden FBI’s ‘Arctic Frost’ operation — a witch hunt used to spy on conservatives and target 430+ Trump allies. This is an unprecedented weaponization of justice against America First patriots.”
AFL then followed up with a post explaining that there was no reason for Smith and Biden’s FBI to surveil it regarding the January 6 riot and its alleged election interference scheme they claimed to be investigating:
“REMINDER: America First Legal DID NOT EXIST on January 6, 2021. But Jack Smith subpoenaed us anyway. Because this was NEVER about democracy — it was ALWAYS a political witch hunt.”
Indeed, America First Legal was founded on April 6, 2021 – two months after the Capitol riot took place.
Exposing the subpoenas doesn’t end its probe into Arctic Frost abuses, the Senate Judiciary Committee says:
“Initially designed by Biden-era architects to target President Trump, the indiscriminate Arctic Frost investigation exploded to include over 430 Republican organizations and individuals. The Senate Judiciary Committee’s oversight is far from over.”
🚨 BREAKING: Sen. Chuck Grassley drops BOMBSHELL – Jack Smith and the Biden FBI TARGETED conservative groups including Turning Point USA, 197 subpoenas have just been made public
“A subpoena to Event Strategies, requested records related to Turning Point USA, and the Republican… pic.twitter.com/ptukM1XBme
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 29, 2025
REMINDER: America First Legal DID NOT EXIST on January 6, 2021.
But Jack Smith subpoenaed us anyway.
Because this was NEVER about democracy — it was ALWAYS a political witch hunt. https://t.co/H0eQFlR2vk
— America First Legal (@America1stLegal) October 30, 2025
