Two Republican U.S. senators say newly uncovered emails show the Biden White House played a direct role in assisting Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal investigation into President Donald Trump’s actions surrounding January 6, 2021.
According to a letter sent this week by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), the White House Counsel’s Office provided cell phone records belonging to then-President Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence to federal investigators in connection with Smith’s investigation, code-named “Arctic Frost.”
At the time, neither Trump nor Pence was officially designated as a subject of the case.
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The letter, addressed to FBI Director Kash Patel and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, raises questions about the origin of the investigation and potential coordination between federal law enforcement agencies and the Biden-Harris administration.
“Overall, these newly disclosed emails show the extensive collaboration between and among select FBI agents from the Washington Field Office and prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney’s Office – Washington D.C. to plan, approve and execute Arctic Frost,” the senators wrote, according to a copy of the letter obtained by Just The News.
“The emails also provide further support that ASAC Thibault played a central role in advancing its approval to a full field criminal investigation when other agents had concerns the supporting evidence only allowed for a preliminary investigation.”
Whistleblowers who came forward to Johnson and Grassley claim that key FBI agents and DOJ prosecutors collaborated closely on the Arctic Frost probe, with the Biden White House supplying early support in the form of electronic data and communications records.
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“Lastly, the emails illustrate the Biden White House’s personal involvement in providing President Trump and former Vice President Pence’s phones to the FBI at their request when neither of them was a subject of the investigation at that point in time,” the letter continued.
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Grassley and Johnson noted that the communication trail includes an email exchange between then-Deputy White House Counsel Jonathan Su and Criminal Chief John Crabb from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.
The email, dated May 2, 2022, was also copied to then-Assistant Special Agent in Charge Timothy Thibault.
“Jonathan, Would you please coordinate with Tim Thibault (who’s copied on this email) about picking up the telephones,” Crabb wrote.
Su replied the same day, stating, “Thanks John. Tim, it is good to meet you, and please let me know what works for you in terms of timing the next couple days.”
By May 4, 2022, according to the senators’ letter, FBI officials had taken possession of the government-issued phones used by both Trump and Pence.
Despite the collection of these devices, Trump was not yet a named target in the Arctic Frost investigation at the time, a point the senators emphasize in their request for more transparency.
“In order to conduct our constitutional oversight responsibilities, and to determine who later added President Trump as a criminal subject to the case, we reiterate our request for your offices to produce all DOJ and FBI records in the Arctic Frost investigation,” the senators wrote.
Johnson, who serves as chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, and Grassley have requested that all responsive records related to the case be submitted by April 21.
The Department of Justice and FBI have not yet issued public responses to the request.
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