House Speaker Mike Johnson is noticeably silent on whether there will be House hearings and impeachment proceedings following bombshell revelations in the Arctic Frost scandal.
Senate Republicans revealed Wednesday that the DOJ and FBI under then-President Joe Biden compiled what’s being described as an “enemies list” of Republicans. It was also revealed that the Biden administration wiretapped the phones of several high-ranking Republicans as part of its “get-Trump” lawfare.
In particular, Jack Smith “secretly obtained phone record data from at least eight senators and one congressman,” according to Sen. Chuck Grassley. Smith subpoenaed both Verizon and AT&T for records — with AT&T challenging the legality of the subpoena. Sen. Ted Cruz said Smith’s subpoena to AT&T requesting Cruz’s records was accompanied by an order from Judge James E. Boasberg — the same judge who has been issuing nationwide injunctions to stop President Donald Trump from executing his mandate.
“Judge Boasberg issued an order to AT&T and signed that order prohibiting AT&T from informing me of this subpoena for at least one year,” Cruz said. “And Judge Boasberg gave the basis for that order, and I’m going to quote from the order Judge Boasberg signed: ‘The court finds reasonable grounds to believe that such disclosure will result in destruction of, or tampering with evidence, intimidation of potential witnesses, and serious jeopardy to the investigation.’”
Several Republicans have since called for hearings and potential impeachment proceedings against those involved, but inquiries to Johnson about these potential efforts went unanswered.
The Federalist inquired with Johnson’s team about whether the Speaker would “lead House Republicans to hold impeachment hearings for James Boasberg” and whether there would be “Watergate-style hearings on Arctic Frost as nearly every Senate Republican called for yesterday.”
Missouri Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt said Wednesday that “there has to be accountability.”
“The American people have heard a lot about this, and you’re going to hear more. We should have Watergate-style hearings on this for months,” Schmitt said. “If we’re ever going to root this out, we must be serious about it, and consequences must follow — resignations, firings, criminal prosecutions.”
Cruz, speaking at Wednesday’s press conference, said that “if a judge signs an order reaching a factual conclusion for which there is zero evidence whatsoever, that judge is abusing his power.”
“I am right now calling on the House of Representatives to impeach Judge Boasberg,” Cruz continued.
Arctic Frost was an investigation led by the Biden administration to “target Republicans in key battleground states,” as explained by The Federalist’s Margot Cleveland. This inquiry would lead to Smith’s elector case against Trump. Then-FBI Director Christopher Wray sent a memorandum to then-Attorney General Merrick Garland claiming that “fraudulent certificates of electors’ votes were submitted to the Archivist of the United States” for Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, and Wisconsin. Wray also asserted that these votes were part of a grand conspiracy to obstruct the certification of the 2020 election.
Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. Follow Brianna on X: @briannalyman2
