In The News 17 September 2025

FBI's ‘Arctic Frost’ targeted GOP groups during Biden administration

An FBI investigation during the Biden presidency that was launched in the wake of the the 2020 election examined nearly 100 Republican groups or people — including Turning Point USA, co-founded by slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, unclassified bureau files released this week show.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, published files related to the probe — codenamed “Arctic Frost” — during a panel hearing, saying the records revealed “Arctic Frost was much broader than just an electoral matter” and that the investigation “expanded to Republican organizations.”

(For more information, go to https://www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/arctic_frost_bank_record_…)

“Some examples of the groups the Wray FBI sought to place under political investigation included the Republican National Committee, Republican Attorneys General Association and Trump political groups,” Grassley said.
 

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