Althouse: "The FBI under former President Biden launched a sweeping investigation called 'Arctic Frost' that included major Republican organizations and conservative groups..."

September 20, 2025

"The FBI under former President Biden launched a sweeping investigation called 'Arctic Frost' that included major Republican organizations and conservative groups..."

"... according to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA). Grassley revealed whistleblower evidence at a Senate Judiciary hearing showing the probe, which began with 2020 election challenges, later expanded to 92 Republican targets such as the RNC, the Republican Attorneys General Association, and Turning Point USA. 'Arctic Frost wasn't just a case to politically investigate Trump,' Grassley said. 'It was the vehicle by which partisan FBI agents and Department of Justice prosecutors could achieve their partisan ends and improperly investigate the entire Republican political apparatus."

From "FBI's 'Arctic Frost' probe into Jan. 6 investigated Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA" (Yahoo, republishing Snopes, quoting the Facebook page The Federalist Papers).

63 comments:

Peachy said...: Evil. Dems are evil; 9/20/25, 9:13 AM
Achilles said...: This happened to the Tea Party too. Government has been targeting Republican voters for decades.

Before it was happening with the help of the Republican Party.

This is how a violent minority takes over a country.

But we stopped it. Now we are taking our country back.; 9/20/25, 9:14 AM
Wince said...: The "Arctic Frost" perpetrators knew this disclosure was coming. Hence, the "fascist dictator" campaign against Trump in his second term, both as a distraction and justification.; 9/20/25, 9:18 AM
rehajm said...: They shared all that information with the DNC and other leftie allies that should not have access. Ever wonder how they had the ability to counter anything their opponents did as quickly as they did? They knew what was coming…; 9/20/25, 9:23 AM
Aggie said...: What does one do with the FBI agents that willingly participated in this 'Political Enemies' hit job, that are still in the ranks? More importantly, how many FBI agents resigned rather than 'follow orders'? Finally, how hard did the previous administration work to keep that information secret, to protect those employees from future review of their activities?

Whatever past beneficial contributions to American society the FBI has made, it has never been without stain.; 9/20/25, 9:23 AM
Paul said...: What goes around.. comes around. Karma is a bitch.; 9/20/25, 9:23 AM
Peachy said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 9/20/25, 9:25 AM
Peachy said...: All of it lead to... "Hey Fascist, Catch" by a young leftist evangelist who was dutifully mind-f*ed by the corrupt evil democratic-left.

w/ celebrations by vile leftists - at the assassination of a nice young man in front of his family.; 9/20/25, 9:26 AM
Achilles said...: The Democrat Party does not extend the protections of the Constitution to it's political opponents.

The Protections of the Constitution therefor should not apply to the Democrat Party.

This is very simple. Rights without Responsibility are worthless.; 9/20/25, 9:27 AM
Enigma said...: Tell me something new...see Obama's 2013 IRS actions against Republicans. Psychopaths in power will continue to be psychopaths in power as long as they have power.; 9/20/25, 9:34 AM
Levi Starks said...: It’s too bad we couldn’t have known this in real time.
You know, like the way we know everything Trump is doing even before it happens.m; 9/20/25, 9:41 AM
bagoh20 said...: Since their beginning, Republicans have been the resistance. The problem is that when they get in power, they start acting like Democrats. Maybe we should just all resist the government regardless of party. I think that's a safer position than following either party.; 9/20/25, 9:42 AM
bagoh20 said...: "What goes around.. comes around. Karma is a bitch."

The problem here is that leftists don't learn lessons. If they did, they would not be leftists. They still deserve it, but it won't fix them.; 9/20/25, 9:45 AM
NorthOfTheOneOhOne said...: The problem here is that leftists don't learn lessons. If they did, they would not be leftists.

Bagoh's Law.; 9/20/25, 9:50 AM
Bob Boyd said...: When you look at the activities of the left in the last 15 or 20 years both in Europe and the US, it's like Stalin's Comintern is back. The subversive tactics and even the anti-facist rhetoric are so much the same. Is there a Chi-comintern? Why wouldn't there be?; 9/20/25, 10:00 AM
Cheryl said...: That headline certainly walks right up to the “lie” limit. It certainly isn’t truthful. Also, I think at this point Kash needs to shut the FBI down and start over.; 9/20/25, 10:03 AM
Lance said...: Sources listed:

Snopes
New Republic
Britannica Online (!)
Wikipedia (!!); 9/20/25, 10:05 AM
Lance said...: Also Sen Grassley has made himself the Republican equivalent of Gerold Nadler or Adam Schiff. If he's got proof, why haven't charges been filed?; 9/20/25, 10:07 AM
John Henry said...: Never forget that the FBI was founded (as BI) in 1908,over loud objection from congress and senate by Roosevelt and Bonaparte as an EXPLICITLY political police.

It has always been mostly this.

It has NEVER been authorized by any congressional legislation.

Arctic Frost and hundreds of similar ops over the past century are perfectly in keeping with the fbis mission.

That mission and agency are horrible stains on our constitution and should be abished

John Henry; 9/20/25, 10:14 AM
bagoh20 said...: The dysfunction in our politics is that most people know this happened, but half of us will still deny it vociferously, while thinking it's well worth doing.; 9/20/25, 10:14 AM
DanTheMan said...: Bombshell! Outrage! Corruption!
Arrests... zero.

Ask yourself why.; 9/20/25, 10:15 AM
narciso said...: as we saw with the Pulte revelations re Tish James, the possums like Siebert are unwilling to drink; 9/20/25, 10:20 AM
traditionalguy said...: Biden was always a true gangster seeking to eliminate the competition using hits by corrupt FBI capos.His acts make the Mafia gangsters look innocent in comparison.; 9/20/25, 10:22 AM
Oso Negro said...: But Trump! Trump!
Trump is doing something bad! Oh! Oh! Oh!; 9/20/25, 10:23 AM
Achilles said...: bagoh20 said...

The dysfunction in our politics is that most people know this happened, but half of us will still deny it vociferously, while thinking it's well worth doing.

Social Contracts require either reciprocity or coercion.

Democrats chose coercion.; 9/20/25, 10:23 AM
Beasts of England said...: I’m sure they did it with only the most noble of intentions.; 9/20/25, 10:23 AM
Peachy said...: Bagoh20 @ 10:14

Indeed.
Similar to the assassination and murder of Charlie Kirk.
The collective left: 'It wasn't us! (ignores evidence) ..But we sure are glad he's dead.'

$$$$$$; 9/20/25, 10:23 AM
narciso said...: https://x.com/HansMahncke/status/1969214223952589008; 9/20/25, 10:24 AM
narciso said...: that french proverb 'what a wicked animal, when attacked it defends itself'; 9/20/25, 10:25 AM
Oso Negro said...: @Aggie - well, all the FBI agents with integrity came forward and spoke out about this when it mattered. Oh, wait! None of them came forward??? Sheep pretending to be sheepdogs. Baaah’! Baaaaaaah!; 9/20/25, 10:27 AM
narciso said...: a few did, not about this they were not privy, methinks the x files was closer to reality in some respects,; 9/20/25, 10:30 AM
narciso said...: the post of course, covers up these stories with a pillow,; 9/20/25, 10:37 AM
john mosby said...: Aggie: "What does one do with the FBI agents that willingly participated in this 'Political Enemies' hit job, that are still in the ranks?"

During Kash Patel's testimony, Swallow-well was trying to get him to recuse himself from discipline cases of Biden-era FBI agents. This is apparently why. CC, JSM; 9/20/25, 10:42 AM
narciso said...: patel, knows where the bodies are buried, Swalwell might have buried a few, or covering up, like those two Chinese translators in the Bureau under Mueller, who had been recruited in China,; 9/20/25, 10:45 AM
Bushman of the Kohlrabi said...: When you factor in that 95% of government workers are leftists and most leftists believe the criminal justice system should be reserved for attacking their political opponents, the corruption is hardly surprising. And you can rest assured the FBI will pick up right where they left off as soon as the Democrats are back in power.; 9/20/25, 10:56 AM
Peachy said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 9/20/25, 10:57 AM
Iman said...: Biden administration chock full of garbage, anti-American mooks.; 9/20/25, 10:57 AM
narciso said...: because Charlie was involved in voter registration, and was a keen observer of irregularities, he would have been interested in peaceful protests, not the dozen or so paid mooks, that broke things, and generally made a nuisance of themselves,; 9/20/25, 11:01 AM
Peachy said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 9/20/25, 11:10 AM
Dave Begley said...: The Dems had a secret political police force.

Have these FBI agents been fired yet?; 9/20/25, 11:15 AM
narciso said...: remember enemy of the state, the bookend to the conversation, a quarter century later, voight deep stater wanted the incriminating tape, so he set a training op, with marine trainees to do the surveilance, this is the pretext to Arctic Frost,btw, who was running this op?; 9/20/25, 11:17 AM
narciso said...: with Crossfire hurricane they were using dodgy characters like Stefan Halper, who stained General Flynn's reputation, who had ties to Russia and China, so of course when one inquired they squawked 'National Security' when this was about no such thing; 9/20/25, 11:21 AM
Peachy said...: The only way to know is for Patel to shut it all down, fire everyone, and then re-start it under a new name. An Anti-leftwing anti-terrorist force.
Background checks.; 9/20/25, 11:25 AM
narciso said...: the EO is probably a predicate for this,; 9/20/25, 11:27 AM
jim said...: So, every year has a Jan 6. Let's make it a national day of retribution, anything goes, it'll be wild. May be they'll even catch some of those evil-doers in the capitol.; 9/20/25, 11:45 AM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: The Russia hoax worked so well, they were repeating it again. How shocking /not. “The process is the punishment”, means investigations, or fishing expeditions were being conducted. It wasn’t just Trump they wanted to take down.; 9/20/25, 11:47 AM
Lazarus said...: "Arctic Frost"? I guess it's good to know that fired federal employees could find work in the breath mint industry.; 9/20/25, 11:53 AM
Original Mike said...: The FBI is deeply corrupt. It's hard to imagine it can be cleaned up in one administration.; 9/20/25, 11:54 AM
John Henry said...: Jim, January 6 is already a special day. It is Dia de Los Tres Reyes (3 kings day) 12 day of Christmas, the day kids get presents in Puerto Rico.

How about start a tradition where Gaspar, melchior, and the other guy bring handcuffs to all bad little fbi agents (is bad agent redundant?)

John Henry; 9/20/25, 12:35 PM
Mr. T. said...: "Artic Frost was all GROYPERS!!!

TARIFFS!! TARIFFS!! TARIFFS!!

-Inga and Kak/Richsockpuppet/paidActbluetroll-
Probably; 9/20/25, 1:20 PM
Josephbleau said...: The deep state first stared the public in the face and laughed in 2013 when Lois Lerner stood up in Congress and told us to sod off.; 9/20/25, 2:03 PM
Just an old country lawyer said...: Tear it down. Plow it with salt. FBI delenda est.; 9/20/25, 2:18 PM
Beasts of England said...: ‘Have these FBI agents been fired yet?!

Of course not, but there may be hearings or even a strongly worded letter!!; 9/20/25, 2:28 PM
Peachy said...: MR T.

lol - YES...

TARIFFS GROYERS BOOGALOO. TARIFFS GROYPERS BOOGALOO, RUSSIA STOLE THE ELECTIONS, TRUMP IS A KING , PAUL PELOSI, JAN 6TH ...

Years of and still current use of the word FASCIST - is all on the top down democratic left team.

"Catch this, fascist" - THEY ignore. the like plague.; 9/20/25, 2:33 PM
Jaq said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 9/20/25, 2:49 PM
Jaq said...: Incidentally, the reason that the Romanian people are forbidden by Europe from electing whomever they think best represents them is that there is a huge NATO base being built there, which, of course, drags them onto the nuclear target map of Russia.; 9/20/25, 3:01 PM
Jaq said...: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/romanian-prosecutors-indict-pro-russian-144342506.html

They are using the same J6 playbook in Romania, they are baselessly calling him "far right" accusing him, without evidence, of being a Putin puppet, etc, etc, when his only crime was to represent a very large segment of the Romanian population that does not want to be dragged into the crosshairs in WWIII that Europe and many in power, like Lindsay Graham, crave.

When the accused Putin of using TikTok to raise this guy's profile to the point where he became the most popular candidate, it turned out that it was the opposition party, who thought that he was unelectable, and so chose him for the honor. Sounds like when Hillary worked her contacts in the press to raise the profile of the "easily beatable" Donald Trump.

They all use the globalist playbook, and these globalists in Davos, etc, know that there are trillions of dollars at stake.; 9/20/25, 3:11 PM
Peachy said...: Butler PA - a paid patsy was on the roof. All sorts of people witnessed him up there . The Secret Service - did not.
Again - the Secret Service didn't see the assassin.
Oh - yeah they did.

Clues.

Alas - As soon as paid patsy (BlackRock AD(D)) missed - Secret service snipers took out the assassin, Crooks.
The media (D) stayed silent. Remain silent and incurious. Strange. hmmm - No questions asked.

clues.

fixed some confusing punctuation; 9/20/25, 3:43 PM
walter said...: "Faaaasssscioiiisssst!"; 9/20/25, 4:27 PM
Prof. M. Drout said...: Bob Boyd asks a very good question:
"When you look at the activities of the left in the last 15 or 20 years both in Europe and the US, it's like Stalin's Comintern is back. The subversive tactics and even the anti-facist rhetoric are so much the same. Is there a Chi-comintern? Why wouldn't there be?"

SOMEONE picked up the networks that were just lying there after 1989. I don't know who picked them up, but here's what I do know.
A gf in college had a sister who was, she told me, "A professional communist." I laughed, but eventually we went to visit her in Greenwich Village, in a VERY nice (and large) apartment. I conclude from this and the huge amount of powder cocaine she kept offering us off a tray that being a professional communist was a surprisingly remunerative occupation (she did something with the Workers Vanguard and Young Spartacist and did other "organizing").
Fast forward 21-22 years. The "Occupy Wall Street" protests--a completely astro-turfed* response to the TEA party--suddenly broke out. There's some footage from the encampment, and lo and behold!, old gf's sister is one of the spokespeople.
It could be the China picked up the networks, or it would be wealthy leftist shitheads in the U.S., or it could be the vermin that looted Venezuela, but the networks are the same old human garbage communists who were working for the USSR.

*I now "Occupy" was astro-turf because on the very first day that protests appears, there were simultaneous releases of messages of support from every stupid professional organization I had been a member of: MLA, AAUP, ACLS, and a bunch of others. Saved me a TON on membership fees the next year.; 9/20/25, 4:31 PM
Peachy said...: Drout - interesting. the networks live on. Sadly.; 9/20/25, 4:57 PM
narciso said...: perhaps, but they had a sponsor in the kellogg foundation with Susan Rosenberg, the real Capitol Bomber, Bill Ayers and the Joyce Foundation and other parties, ANSWER came from the Trotskyite wing,; 9/20/25, 6:17 PM
Prof. M. Drout said...: narciso -- that is really interesting, and helpful to me, because what I remember of the tortuous, Jesuitical argument that the sister was making to try to recruit us, everything bad done under Communism was the fault of Stalin, and TROTSKY had created a "pure" Communism. I can definitely see the lineage from the Young Spartacist to ANSWER and then to Occupy: amazingly blind to any lessons of history because they're sure that their ideology is both superior and "has never been tried before."; 9/20/25, 7:05 PM