WASHINGTON Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released additional FBI files Wednesday revealing that hundreds more Republican groups and persons were targeted in a fishing expedition brought by special counsel Jack Smith.
In a press conference alongside other GOP senators, Grassley announced that he was making public the 197 subpoenas sought by Smith as part of the Arctic Frost probe, which became the vehicle by which FBI agents and DOJ prosecutors could improperly investigate the entire Republican political apparatus.
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Ive obtained through legally protected whistleblower disclosures, Grassley said. 197 subpoenas were issued by Jack Smith and his team. These subpoenas were issued to 34 individuals and 163 businesses, including financial institutions.
The subpoena requested records and communications related to over 430 individual and organizations all of them appear to be aimed at Republicans, the Iowa Republican added, noting requests sent to the late conservative icon Charlie Kirks Turning Point USA and the Republican Attorneys General Association.
Smiths investigation also uncovered a subpoena to an unidentified person relating to communications with media companies such as CBS, Fox News, Fox Business, Newsmax, Sinclair, and others, according to Grassley.
Some subpoenas to individuals and businesses sought statistical data and analysis relating to donors and fundraising efforts, he said. Contrary to what Smith has said publicly, this was a fishing expedition.
If this had happened to Democrats, theyd be as rightly outraged as we are outraged, Grassley fumed.
The probe resulted in a four-count indictment against Trump related to his attempts to overturn the 2020 election that culminated in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
Grassley previously published FBI records that showed that at least nine Republican lawmakers in Congress had their call logs requested by Smiths team from phone carriers.
Arctic Frost is Joe Bidens Watergate, added Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), one of the Republicans whose phone metadata was seized.
华盛顿——爱荷华州共和党参议员查克·格拉斯利周三公布了更多联邦调查局文件，披露特别检察官杰克·史密斯发起的“钓鱼调查”还针对了数百个共和党团体和个人。
与其他共和党参议员一同出席新闻发布会时，格拉斯利宣布，他将公开史密斯在'北极霜'调查中寻求的197份传票。这些传票后来成为'联邦调查局探员和司法部检察官不当调查整个共和党政治机器的工具'。
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格拉斯利表示："我通过受法律保护的吹哨人披露渠道获取了这些信息。杰克·史密斯及其团队共发出197份传票，其中向34名个人和163家企业（包括金融机构）发出了传票。"
这位爱荷华州共和党人补充说，传票要求提供与430多名个人及组织相关的记录和通信——所有这些目标似乎都针对共和党人士。他还特别提到，传票请求被发送至已故保守派标志性人物查理·柯克（Charlie Kirk）创建的“美国转折点”组织以及共和党总检察长协会。
据格拉斯利透露，史密斯的调查还发现了一份发给身份不明人士的传票，该传票涉及与哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）、福克斯新闻（Fox News）、福克斯商业频道（Fox Business）、Newsmax、辛克莱（Sinclair）等媒体公司的通信往来。
他提到，部分向个人和企业发出的传票要求提供与捐赠者及筹款活动相关的统计数据和分析。"这与史密斯公开声明的内容相悖，这完全是一次无明确目标的调查。"
格拉斯利愤慨地表示：“如果这种事发生在民主党人身上，他们也会和我们一样理所当然地感到愤怒。”
调查结果显示，特朗普因试图推翻2020年大选结果而面临四项刑事指控，这一系列行动最终导致了2021年1月6日的国会大厦骚乱事件。
格拉斯利此前公布的联邦调查局记录显示，史密斯团队曾向电话运营商索取至少九名国会共和党议员的通话记录。
德克萨斯州共和党参议员特德·克鲁兹（Ted Cruz）表示：“‘北极霜’行动是乔·拜登的‘水门事件’。”克鲁兹是手机元数据被调取的共和党人之一。