Documents obtained by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley reveal that multiple top Biden administration officials approved “Operation Arctic Frost,” a probe targeting Republican lawmakers and later used to justify Jack Smith’s investigations into President Trump. The findings have prompted the former president to demand legal action against those involved.
According to the released materials, Christopher Wray, Merrick Garland, and Lisa Monaco signed off on the operation in 2022. The investigation allegedly collected phone records of eight GOP senators and one congressional representative in 2023, though officials clarified that call content was not accessed—only metadata such as who was contacted, when, and for how long.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump specifically called out Wray, Garland, Monaco, and Jack Smith, labeling them “crooked lowlifes” and accusing them of “cheating and rigging the 2020 Presidential Election.” He claimed they “spied on Senators and Congressmen/women, and even taped their calls,” despite the Judiciary Committee’s statement that no call content was obtained.
The documents also show that Garland later appointed Smith to oversee criminal probes into Trump and his allies. Grassley’s release of the materials has intensified scrutiny over the Biden administration’s handling of law enforcement agencies.
No further details on potential legal actions were provided in the text.